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‘to what extent have the current conservative party changed since its creation?

for Edexcel a level politics I’m not entirely sure if that’s how the question would be phrase but I’ve been having a hard time trying to figure out how I’d answer something like that

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McKerrow_History

Original post by daisyhw8

for Edexcel a level politics I’m not entirely sure if that’s how the question would be phrase but I’ve been having a hard time trying to figure out how I’d answer something like that

This sounds like a history question rather than politics. How far back into the Conservative Party do you have to go?

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daisyhw8

Original post by mckerrow_history

This sounds like a history question rather than politics. How far back into the Conservative Party do you have to go?

sorry i just saw this - i thought from the time with Robert Peel, but I feel I may have been a bit misguided in this being a possible question tbh

(edited 10 months ago)

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ifoejandka

hi i do aqa politics but if i got question similar to this i would do this ! its basically kinda like one nation conservatism vs new right

para one : economic socialism v economic conservatism

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paternalistic policies used - ex gov aid during covid

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counter it with liz truss’ tax cuts which made low income households worse off, thatcher reducing the size of the state

para two : social conservatism v social liberalism

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thatcher introduced section 28 (socially conservative policy)

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cameron apologised for section 28 and passed the 2013 marriage act (legalised gay marriage), theresa may said she would ban conversion therapy

para three:

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one nation conservatism - boris johnson said ‘members of our new one-nation government’ during one of his victory speeches, david cameron wanted to shift back to one nation conservatism