Why is the British Conservative Party also called the 'Tory Party'?
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The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the 'Tory' faction which emerged in the later seventeenth century. This 'Tory Party' established a secure hold on government between 1783 and 1830, first under the Younger Pitt and then Lord Liverpool. However, after Liverpool's retirement in 1827 the unity of the party was destroyed when the Duke of Wellington and Robert Peel, were forced, largely as a result of events in Ireland, to concede full political emancipation to Roman Catholics. The Tory collapse opened the way for a return of the Whigs in the 1830s, and a series of measures including the Great Reform Act of 1832 changed the political scene; in the general election which followed the Act the Tories were reduced to only 180 MPs. \nIt was in the wake of these upheavals that the name 'Conservative' first began to be used, as Peel sought to rally the opponents of further reform in the mid-1830s. He was successful in drawing support back to the party and became Prime Minister after winning the election of 1841. However, his decision in 1846 to reverse course and repeal the protectionist Corn Laws outraged many of his followers, and the party split from top to bottom.
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Very little. The parties originally stood for being conservative and non-conservative(liberal here) but the party leaders have become so close to one another in a mutual attempt at attracting votes from the opposite side that those original values are not so black and white anymore. The media portrays them as opposites in so many things but in reality, neither party does much about much and blames their shortfalls on the other.
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What several have listed are actually conservative ideals.  The republican party is closer to conservatism than the present democrat party, but still not conservative.   Oddly, the democrats in the day of JFK were more conservative than the republican party is today.\n\nUnfortunately the democrat party has gone off the left end of the spectrum and the republicans are heading there too.   We probably need a strong conservative third party if we want to save this country.
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Good question. Anerican politics can be very complicated.\n\nGenerally, the Republican Party can be seen as the equivalent to the "Tories", the Democratic Party can be seen as the equivalent to Labour, although the American spectrum is a little bit more to the right. From what I've heard about the modern Liberal party, they are probably equivalent to Libertarians- although it's hard to peg your Liberal party down on the political spectrum.\n\nBut until the 1960's, it wasn't that cut and dry. The Democrats had many Conservatives in the south and elsewhere. And the Republicans had many liberals/moderates in the Northeast. The Republicans, after all, were the ones who freed the slaves during the Civil War. The Democrats, as a matter of fact, encouraged the formation of the KKK as a means of intimidating republicans(most of the Republicans in the south after the civil war were black ).\n\nBut even with those contradictions, the Democrats have almost always been perceived as more of "the people's party" and the Republicans have been more of a "Pro-Business" party.\n\nAs I said, the 60's and the Nixon "Southern Strategy" sort of caused a realignment. Conservatives moved to the GOP(Republican party) and liberals moved to the Democrats- although the seeds of this were already in each party, and there had been a slow drift both ways throughout the 20th century.
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Conservatives are for smaller government. Less taxation and less government intrusion on our lives so.  You can't be a conservative.\n\nUs conservative call them RINOs, Republican In Name Only.\nAKA Neo-conservatives
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The Republican Party aka the GOP (Grand Overclass Party) are minons of the rich and powerful.\n\nThe rich don't like to give their money or influence to anyone unless of course its makes them more money. They also like to use other people's money (our tax dollars) to benifit themselves not the poor or powerless. \n\nSo the term compassionat conservative is just more bull shit those Republican assholes are trying to use to hide their selfish nature. \n\nBush and the GOP...conservatives my ass! Conserve means to protect and not waste. These sons of bitches are doing anything and everything BUT that! \n\nConservative is the biggest bull shit lable I have ever seen in my life. These minons of the rich and powerful also coined the term liberal and that's horse shit too.
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:-)  Not sure what got into me but i'm hoping you will get it from the horses mouth since i forwarded your question to the Conservative Party.  (with a link to this question obviously)I reckon the new conservatives are more llikely to answer than the old ones ever were. \nAlso this is what you get when you put 'new conservatives' into their search egine: http://www.conservatives.com/search.results.page.do
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I couldn't have said it better myself. You are so right. the Neo-Cons should be asamed of themselves for even using the term "conservative." Conservatism essentially means small government, which they clearly do not believe in, though they say they do. "Marriage = Man+Woman," they say. To coin a phrase... "Only a SITH deals in absoloutes."
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What it really is today who really knows. back when the earth was cooling (after the start of the last century)Republicans and Democrats were both fiscal conservative groups. The big difference was where the money was best controlled.\n\nDemocrats wanted Washinton DC to collect the money and then send it back to the states, counties, and cities.  \n\nRepublicans wanted the money to stop flowing upward at the lowest level possible and be spent there.\n\nToday is seems the more liberal you are the more you vote Democrat. If you are more conservative you vote Republican. And because there are more people who are basicly conservative than liberal could explain the rise in Republican Representatives and Senators since 1994.\n\nEven during the last midterm election Republicans gained ground which seldom happens.\n\nNow days who really knows what either party really stands for? It would be easier to define someone if there were more parties. like Liberal Republicans, Liberal Democrats, Conservative Republicans and Conservative Democrats,
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No.  There is no party that is truly conservative anymore.  We can't even protect our borders. We can't even win in Iraq.  Why?  Politics.  I am from the political standpoint of Winston Churchill.  He crushed his enemies with brute force.  He was considered on the fringe of the right in his time but if he was Prime Minister from the start rather than Neville Chamberlain, Hitler would have been stopped rather than appeased.  I urge anyone who considers themselves to be a republican to read Churchill's biography.  Find out how a true conservative thought.  He did nothing short of save this world.
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its a word to describe many ppl in the current republican party (usually) that have "conservative" values. BUT, if you look at the conservative values of Nixon, or even as recent as Reagan, their views on a lot of major issues are no longer the same as their party has historically been. \n\njust to give you an idea, Bush has brought up the "tax and spend" democrats in many of his interviews and addresses, but HIS cabinet has spent more money than anyone in history. i think he's only vetoed 1 or 2 bills to date.\n\nthats typically not considered to be a conservative way of behaving.
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Blair's foreign policy is to follow US foreign policy. They did that in the first Gulf War when Majors, A conservative was in power why deviate now?   Also, you just gotta give the guy credit he has to defend his policies not just against the media, but an arguing session against the other party.
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Give the name of the event in which interior design specialists participate?\n\nOr.\n\nGive the coloquial label given to a person or group of people who are genearlly viewed as conservative, however don't ascribe to most of the views of their party, and tend to be more subjective to the opposing parties view points.\n\nOr\n\nGive the name which descirbes someone or a group of people who conform to the new conservative world view, and yet don't support all the view's of such a system.\n\nor\n\nGive the traditional name of a person who formally was a leftist, and then moved more to the right supporting more of a socialist point of view?\n\nor \n\nGiven our knowledge of the new conservative system, give the name or coloquial lable given to the group of people or persons who view the conservative system as accurate and yet don't properly support small government or hardcore forigen affiars.\n\nor\n\nGiven our knowledge of hawkish politics, give the label or name of the person or group in which supports regulated government, and still doesn't support micromanaged forigen policy.\n\nOr\n\nGive the coloquial label given to the group of people, or persons, who support a socialist stand point, and yet vehimently support the forced democracy in regards to forigen affiars and policy.
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It's not synonymous with libs. It's conservatives too.  You just picked the wrong word. They're called idiots. Do I detect a little animosity on your part? I believe I do.
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the British Labour Party was from it's conception, a left wing socialist party, which championed workers rights.  However, as the UK became more prosperous their left-wing message, fell from grace.  Following on from the Conservative PM John Major, Tony Blair came to power on a mandate of policies which were slightly right of centre.  This had a greater appeal for the majority of British people, but many old Labourites felt as if the party had 'sold out' the grass-root members.
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I thought about this and it isn't easy. There are arguments for going either way (labour or conservative). \n\nArgument for voting labour - people mustn't get carried away by the David Cameron effect. Sure, he's young, energetic, good looking (for a politician!) and talks up all these big changes in the tory party. But think about it, so was Tony Blair all those years ago when he took over as leader of the labour party and then became prime minister. Labour seemed like a fresh, modern alternative beacuse people where fed up with the incompetence and sleaze of the conservatives. It will only happen again!\n\nArgument for voting conservative - But now the boot is on the other foot! conservatives seem like the fresh, modern alternative compared to labour's incompetence and sleaze!\n\nTo give you an answer, I would vote conservative against my better judgement. Its time up for labour, the lib dems aren't a realistic choice and neither are any of the other minor parties. Simply, what goes around comes around. Whatever party is in government always ends up the same. Plus change is a good thing - its healthy for democracy. We couldn't have yet another 4 year term of the same political party. Traditionally I'm not a tory and never have been. I voted labour in 1997 (I was 18) and have voted for them since. I simply think change is a good thing at the momemt. We just have to give a new government a chance. that's all
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Excellent question! \n\nI remember when the word 'conservative' referred to the far right of the Republican party. And there were liberals in both parties. Then in the 90s this begin to change with the entire Republican party moving to the right.\n\nIf you didn't move to the right then you were pushed out basically. I'd say this transformation occurred during the Newt Gingrich era. I actually used to be a Republican but I am very liberal when it comes to the rights of others. IE, gay marriage, discrimination, etc... I first moved independent then finally ended up completely democrat. There just isn't any place for me in the Republican party any longer. They carry too many biased prejudices; but even more than that, my liberal way of thinking can't accept their somehow literally believing they have the RIGHT to dictate to others how to live.\n\nAnyways, good question and hope that helps. Basically there are no liberal republicans any longer. There are the conservatives who are to the right then there are the neocons which are far right extremist.