current policies of the main parties Flashcards
(13 cards)
conservatives
Cornerstone group
what are their ideas, and who chairs them?
- traditionalist leaning
- supports unitary governance of the British state
- president: Edward Leigh
- chariman: John Hayes
conservatives
Conservative Way Forward group
what are their main ideas? who chairs them?
- thatcherite
- adopting her methods and adapting them for the current era
- chairman: Steven Baker
conservatives
Tory Reform Group
what are their ideas, who are their senior figures?
- one-nation conservativism believing
- supported by David Cameron
- Senior Figures include Michael Heseltine, Douglas Hurd, Ken Clarke, and Chris Patten
conservatives
What did Thereasa May say about the conservatives in 2022?
- criticisms against Thatcher
- Thereasa May said people labelled them ‘the nasty party’
conservatives
the conservatives under Cameron: what were they like?
- socialy progressive
- same-sex legislation
- ‘big society’
- encouraging young people to support thier communities
- cameron/osborne cut spending as a result of economic struggle
- they combined one-nation with thathcerite financial housekeeping
conservatives
Tory Manifesto 2024 key ideas
d, soi, p, nz, ctw
- defence
- strong on immigration
- tougher sentences and new prisons
- net zero
- cuts to welfare and the civil service
conservatives
‘common sense group’
struggles against progressive reforms such as BLM and Extinction Rebelion
136 page booklet expressing specific ideas on immigration, the legal system, and the family llife
conservatives
european research group
- hardline brexiteers
- revolts from members within this group saw May limit br\exit compromises, and eventually ejecting her from downing street
- Many have moved on to more relevant pressure groups now
- decreasing number of one nations
conservatives
the economy? One -nation vs Thatcherite
Johnson vs Sunak
- Johnson: 2021, public spending was 42% of the economy
- Sunak: Under Sunak there were huge cuts reminiscent of Thatcherite policies
conservatives
welfare: One-Nation vs Thatcherite
Johnson vs Universal Credit System
- One-nation: ‘living wage’ under Osborne in 2015 calculates how much one needs to live comfortably as opposed to the minimum wage
- 2021: Johnson established a new secretary of state for ‘levelling up’ housing and communities
- thatcherite: universal credit system is based on the more you earn, the fewer benefits you recieve. Anti-Dependancy?
conservatives
law and order Thatcherite
IPA
- Investigatory Powers Act 2016 + amendned in 2024 government enhanced powers of surveillance to protect national security
conservatives
foreign policy: Thatcherite - EU, defence spending
- withdrawal of the EU - euroscepticism very Thatcherite inspired
- 16.5b defence spending increase under Sunak
- Defence Alliance with Austrailia and the US (AUKUS) to coutneract China
- protection of British interest, strong opposition to china.
conservatives
conflict within the party
tax, social progressiveness.
- outrage over Lizz Truss’ finance tax cuts
- Johnson and Sunak’s governments kept taxes high to maintain public services
- suella braverman incredibly socially conservative unlike cameron
