2. Thatcherism
Neo liberal ideas.......
Acceptance of ideological blueprints championed by
the New Right
Radical rather than conservative approach to change
Rejection of organic communities; in favour of rugged
individualism and personal advancement
3. Thatcherism
There is no such thing as society
Desire to create a more limited state
Rejection of Keynesian economics in favour of a free
market...............
Looking to individuals to solve social and economic
problems
Critical of nanny state and dependency culture
4. Cameron - New Right?
Continued resistance to over governing and excessive
regulation
Cuts in public spending and welfare reforms
Opposition to high personal and corporate taxation,
but.......................
Social disorder – 2011 riots – neo conservative view –
broken families, lack of discipline, and tough
sentences
Free schools, academies, NHS reforms
5. Big Society
Thatcher ‘no such thing as society’; Cameron ‘there is
such a thing as society but it is not the same thing as
the state’
Key point is similar? People should not automatically
look to the state to solve their problems but should
take responsibility themselves
6. Europe
Euroscepticism continues to characterise
contemporary Conservative Party
Backbench revolt – 81 MPs – referendum on Europe
Cameron and EU Treaty veto
7. Abandoned?
More compassionate and inclusive form of
conservatism.......................
Used language more in common with traditional One
Nation Conservatism
Acceptance that laissez faire policies have contributed
to economic crisis
Some regulation needed in economic sphere –
executive pay, bankers bonuses. Tobin tax?
8. Abandoned?
Principles of welfare state should be preserved - N.H.S.
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Stronger commitment to localism
Social libertarian attitude to drugs?
