Title: What is conservative about the British Conservative Party? - Quora
Headings: What is conservative about the British Conservative Party?
What is conservative about the British Conservative Party?
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Content: You will of course have your own view on whethere these changes are good or bad, but they are big changes. It wasn’t always like this. Up until the 1970s Labour made huge changes to the UK, such as the NHS, the various anti-discrimination laws, nationalisation, etc. Even the Liberals/LibDems led change in areas such as abortion, legalising homosexuality and divorce. Then it almost stopped. Tony Blair brought in Civil Unions (later added to by the Tories) and if you go to Labour’s own website the words are very telling. They talk of defending and protecting more than any actual change. The LibDems until recently were actually led by a self confessed homophobe despite their honourable history on gay rights. This goes to what each party sees as its core vote. Labour is now the party of unions and government workers and of course nowadays the two overlap strongly, with unions weak or absent from many private employers.