This is the Road: The Conservative and Unionist Party's Policy As Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party I submit this manifesto of our beliefs and policy to the British electors. All who cherish the cause of our country at this fateful moment must cast their vote after hard and lon...
As a Unionist party, we value the contribution that Northern Ireland makes to the United Kingdom. Conservatives have always upheld the principle that the future of Northern Ireland will be determined solely by democracy and consent and never by violence. The next Conservative Government will resolute...
Also known as: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, Tories, Tory Party Written by Paul David Webb Chair, British and Comparative Politics, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Author ofThe Modern British Party SystemandTrade Unions and the British Electorate. Associate and Re...
I earnestly trust that the electors, in confiding the solution of this and the other problems I have mentioned to the party which is victorious at the polls, will remember that, unless the party is armed with a strong majority in the House of Commons, it will lack the authority at home ...
The 2019 Conservative Party manifesto: were its pledges on the constitution delivered? Posted onJune 11, 2024byThe Constitution Unit The 2019 Conservative Party manifesto contained a number of constitutional policy commitments – on Brexit, UK institutions, elections, civil liberties, and devolution. As...
Also known as: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, Tories, Tory Party Written by Paul David Webb Chair, British and Comparative Politics, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Author ofThe Modern British Party SystemandTrade Unions and the British Electorate. Associate and Re...
Voting intention remained tightly balanced in the months leading up to the election, but YouGov’s polling revealed that the ‘fundamentals’ may not have been given enough weight in predicting vote share.Importantly, no party had ever come from behind on the economy and leadership to won an ...
Welsh devolution, as well as to the Welsh language. The contrast between the Welsh Conservative Assembly election manifesto in 1999—which was still devo-sceptic in tone, and spoke of ‘linguistic apartheid’ emerging in Wales—and the party’s manifesto in the 2007 Assembly election, is ...
1955 Conservative Party General Election Manifesto United for Peace and Progress: The Conservative and Unionist Party's Policy A Personal Statement by the Prime Minister I took the decision to recommend a dissolution of Parliament and the holding of a General Election after much thought, and for ...
As Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party I submit this Manifesto to the judgment of my fellow countrymen and women. This constructive programme-indeed its very title-will show you that we do not intend to rest in the next five years upon the achievements of the past. We must both ...