Changes

==The modern Party==

==The modern Party==

Since the early 2000s, the Conservative Party leaders have softened its conservative stance on social and fiscal issues, and this has increased its popularity with the voters. Particularly since David Cameron - a self-declared "liberal conservative" (which, in British English, means "centrist conservative") - became leader of the Conservative party, their support in the country has risen dramatically. See the full text of his speech at the September 2006 Conservative Party conference <ref>http://politics.guardian.co.uk/speeches/story/0,,1869970,00.html</ref> and recent polls. <ref>http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2007/Guardian%20-%20Jan/guardian-jan-2007.asp</ref> <ref> http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,2016791,00.html </ref> However, despite this apparent change in direction, careful examination of David Cameron's policies, attitudes and his shadow Cabinet colleagues reveal that he is as right-wing and Conservative as John Major or Margaret Thatcher. This is further backed up by what we know about his life pre-1997, when the country was shown that outward liberalism (but with centre-right policies and attitudes) could win a general election, is that he followed a very stingent neo-conservative line: He was in favour in high taxation, more restrictions on homosexuality, less women in the workplace, Christianity for all and messing the country up so bad that its economy suffers the worst blow to it since the Wall Street Crash. David Cameron's example highlights how the Conservative Party should not be trusted, despite its apparent change in heart and that New Labour is far too dangerously straying towards the conservative viewpoint. Hopefully Gordon Brown should correct this and go back to the best form of political ideology; Clement Atlee's Socialism.

Since the early 2000s, the Conservative Party leaders have softened its conservative stance on social and fiscal issues, and this has increased its popularity with the voters. Particularly since David Cameron - a self-declared "liberal conservative" (which, in British English, means "centrist conservative") - became leader of the Conservative party, their support in the country has risen dramatically. See the full text of his speech at the September 2006 Conservative Party conference <ref>http://politics.guardian.co.uk/speeches/story/0,,1869970,00.html</ref> and recent polls. <ref>http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2007/Guardian%20-%20Jan/guardian-jan-2007.asp</ref> <ref> http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,2016791,00.html </ref>

 

Cameron tends to be seen as a rather centrist figure - something of a "RINO" in American political parlance. He has expressed strong concern about [[global warming]], praised Britain's socialized healthcare system, the [[National Health Service|NHS]], and spoken of the emotional needs of young people who commit crimes. On the other hand, the party has continued to support some traditional elements of Conservative policy, such as support for the family.

==Conservative party in the USA==

==Conservative party in the USA==