Title: Conservatism in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
Headings: Conservatism in the United Kingdom
Conservatism in the United Kingdom
See also: History of the Conservative Party (UK)
Contents
History
Edmund Burke
Tories
One-nation conservatism
Early 20th century
Post-war consensus
Rise of Thatcherism
Modern conservatism
Conservative political parties in the United Kingdom
In British Overseas Territories
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography

Content: He foresaw, like Karl Marx, the phenomenon of an alienated industrial proletariat. His solution involved a return to an idealised view of a corporate or organic society, in which everyone had duties and responsibilities towards other people or groups. This "one nation" conservatism is still a significant tradition in British politics, in both the Conservative Party and Labour, especially with the rise of the Scottish National Party during the 2015 general election. Although nominally a Conservative, Disraeli was sympathetic to some of the demands of the Chartists and argued for an alliance between the landed aristocracy and the working-class against the increasing power of the middle class, helping to found the Young England group in 1842 to promote the view that the rich should use their power to protect the poor from exploitation by the middle-class. The conversion of the Conservative Party into a modern mass organisation was accelerated by the concept of Tory Democracy attributed to Lord Randolph Churchill, father of Winston Churchill. Early 20th century
Winston Churchill, although best known as the most prominent conservative since Disraeli – crossed the aisle in 1904 and became a Liberal for two decades. As one of the most active and aggressive orators of his day, he thrilled the left in 1909 by ridiculing the Conservatives as, "the party of the rich against the poor, of the classes ...against the masses, of the lucky, the wealthy, the happy, and the strong against the left-out and the shut-out millions of the weak and poor." His harsh words were hurled back at him when he rejoined the Conservative Party in 1924. The shock of a landslide defeat in 1906 forced the Conservatives to rethink operations, and they worked to build grassroots groups that would help turn out their vote. The Conservative Party responded by creating the Workers Defence Union (WDU) designed to frighten the working-class into voting Conservative.