MEDIA, CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY

Political involvement should only be a small part of the conservative's responsibility to protect and progress civilisation. The nature of the ideas and values propagated by the news, entertainment and artistic industries are at least as important as the outcome of political battles. Conservatives must embrace new technologies if they are to break the anti-conservative monopoly of Britain's media elites.

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It's the culture, stupid

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Contemporary conservatism is too political

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Western culture is becoming decadent

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Bottom of the barrel immorality - rather than the bottom line - motivates Hollywood

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British public service broadcasting is a good thing but the BBC monopoly should end

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The new media will democratise the public square – breaking the mainstream media’s monopoly (MMM)

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Techno-liberation may be the end of totalitarian regimes

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