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The Foundation of the Conservative Party, 1830-1867 (1978) Crowson, N. J. The Longman Companion to the Conservative Party Since 1830-2000 (2001) online; Shannon, Richard. The Age of Disraeli, 1868-1881: The Rise of Tory Democracy (1992) Ramsden, John. History of the Conservative Party: The Age of Balfour and Baldwin, 1902–1940 (1978) Ramsden ...
The term Tory is much older than the official Conservative Party name, but it has persisted throughout the centuries as the party has evolved. Why are the Conservatives called the Tories? Meaning ...
A Tory (/ ˈ t ɔː r i /) is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain. The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase "God, King (or Queen), and Country". [1]
The subsequent Peel administrations have been labelled Conservative rather than Tory, but the older term remains in use. When the Conservative Party split in 1846 on the issue of free trade (namely, the repeal of the Corn Laws), the protectionist wing of the party rejected the Conservative label. They preferred to be known as Protectionists or ...
Four chancellors, three prime ministers, two monarchs and one crazy year for British politics - 2022 has been a roller coaster ride in Westminster.As the year comes to a close, here we look back ...
Veteran election strategist Sir Lynton Crosby said ‘Tory’ had become a dirty word Tories should change their name, says Conservatives’ election guru Lynton Crosby Skip to main content
Pro-business conservatives supported many Progressive Era reforms, especially those opposed to corruption and inefficiency in government, and called for purification of politics. Conservative Senator John Sherman sponsored the nation's basic anti-trust law in 1890, and conservatives generally supported anti-trust in the name of opposing ...
[1] [2] [3] Burke was a member of a conservative faction of the Whig party; [note 1] the modern Conservative Party however has been described by Lord Norton of Louth as "the heir, and in some measure the continuation, of the old Tory Party", [4] and the Conservatives are often still referred to as Tories. [5]