The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservatives, the Conservative Party, or Tory Party is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the early 19th century, it has since been the principal party of the political right in Britain, and it is the oldest political party in the world.
The Conservative Party is descended from the Tory Party, founded in 1678, and is still often referred to as the Tory Party and its politicians, members and supporters as Tories. It was also known as the Unionist Party in the early 20th century, following the Conservatives’ alliance with that part of the Liberal Party, known as the Liberal Unionists, who opposed their party’s support for Irish Home Rule.
The Conservative Party was in government for two-thirds of the twentieth century but after losing the 1997 election to the Labour Party, as the second largest political party in terms of sitting members of parliament, it formed the opposition. The current party leader is David Cameron, who acts as the leader of the opposition and heads the shadow cabinet. In 2009 it has the largest number of councillors sitting in local government.
In the months between October and December 2008 the Conservative Party received £5.1 million in donations but is £12.0 million in debt.
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We have a boom and bust economy. During a boom the government put away a ‘government surplus’ to balance when the recession hits. LABOUR SPENT MORE IN A BOOM! a deficit during a boom?? short termist thinking, they are like a 16 year old with a credit card!
Elementary economics!!
Vote conservative to prevent the UK becoming an almost 3rd world country.
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I think we should all follow the Tory mantra, the only people in this country that matter to them are the buisness men, everybody else is either thick and needs to be exploited or a benefit scrounger, we should all therefore open a buisness then we can have 35 million managing directors sat in ivory towers scanning the horizon waiting for a worker to turn up.
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Conservatives understand that businesses generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
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Traditionally, the Conservatives are the party of law and order, so they cannot condone law-breaking in any form. Whatever the crime, men convicted of criminal offences are men who chose to break the law. Legalising the conduct, which amounted to the offence, does not change that. It does not, in itself, make them law-abiding citizens, and that applies equally whether they are heterosexual or homosexual. Some disagree, and think that the law should discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. The Pink News website, for example states,
“Tory leader David Cameron unveiled his party’s manifesto for the general election today. The document does not contain his pledge to strike out the criminal records of men convicted for homosexuality offences, which gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell claimed was proof that the gay-friendly policies are “an afterthought”.
However, those “men convicted for homosexuality offences,” are still men whose records show that they break the law when they feel like it. That should remain a matter of record for the same reason that the fingerprints and DNA of all citizens who have been convicted of an offence should be on record. It helps the police to save innocent lives, by detecting and preventing crime – something which is very important to right-thinking men and women.
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