POLITICAL CONSERVATISM

Disraeli founded the Tory Party's great 'one nation tradition'. Winston Churchill has inspired every conservative defender of homeland security. George W Bush's 'ownership society' owes much to Margaret Thatcher's property-owning democracy agenda. John Howard because contemporary conservatism's most successful representative by battling for hardworking families. This briefing identifies ten conservative icons and for each one highlights one of their main contributions to conservatism's character.

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Benjamin Disraeli made the Conservative Party a truly national party

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Winston Churchill, the twentieth century’s greatest Prime Minister, put national security at the heart of conservatism

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Margaret Thatcher made Britain a property-owning democracy

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Ronald Reagan embodied a progressive, hopeful interpretation of conservatism

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Michael Howard turned the tide on British crime

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William Hague guaranteed a Euro-sceptic Conservative Party

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John Howard became the world’s most successful conservative of his day by battling for hardworking families

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Baroness Janet Young stood up for the family and its many enemies

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Iain Duncan Smith renewed the Conservative Party’s one nation tradition

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George W Bush built America’s most electorally effective conservative coalition

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