Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?

Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?

At the 2019 UK general election, under Boris Johnson’s leadership, the Conservatives won a landslide victory with 43.6 per cent of the vote. But what are the Conservative Party’s electoral prospects after the Brexit deal and 2019 general election? Research and polling have demonstrated that the Brit...

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Conservative Party
cleavage
Tory Socialism
electoral strategy
cross-pressured
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Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:osb_5513 https://doi.org/10.4000/osb.5513 urn:doi:10.4000/osb.5513 en https://journals.openedition.org/osb/5513 2022-03-11T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/is70 All rights reserved Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ? Observatoire de la société britannique Université de Toulon info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-4135 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1957-3383 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/osb Pitt, Daniel Conservative Party cleavage Tory Socialism electoral strategy cross-pressured At the 2019 UK general election, under Boris Johnson’s leadership, the Conservatives won a landslide victory with 43.6 per cent of the vote. But what are the Conservative Party’s electoral prospects after the Brexit deal and 2019 general election? Research and polling have demonstrated that the British public are conservative on social and cultural issues, but lean to the left on economic issues. Prima facie a successful electoral strategy would be to implement the ideological narrative of ‘Tory socialism’. This article states the factors that may hinder the party pursuing such an ideology, such as MPs’ commitment to economic and social liberalism. The article concludes that the Conservatives are unlikely to adopt a wholesale version of Tory socialism, as it is likely to increase tensions around three important cleavages. Nevertheless, any electoral narrative will have to balance the tensions and cleavages within the party and its potential voter base. This balancing act may prove a difficult task, and may yet define the premiership of Boris Johnson.
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topic Conservative Party
cleavage
Tory Socialism
electoral strategy
cross-pressured
spellingShingle Conservative Party
cleavage
Tory Socialism
electoral strategy
cross-pressured
Pitt, Daniel
Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?
description At the 2019 UK general election, under Boris Johnson’s leadership, the Conservatives won a landslide victory with 43.6 per cent of the vote. But what are the Conservative Party’s electoral prospects after the Brexit deal and 2019 general election? Research and polling have demonstrated that the British public are conservative on social and cultural issues, but lean to the left on economic issues. Prima facie a successful electoral strategy would be to implement the ideological narrative of ‘Tory socialism’. This article states the factors that may hinder the party pursuing such an ideology, such as MPs’ commitment to economic and social liberalism. The article concludes that the Conservatives are unlikely to adopt a wholesale version of Tory socialism, as it is likely to increase tensions around three important cleavages. Nevertheless, any electoral narrative will have to balance the tensions and cleavages within the party and its potential voter base. This balancing act may prove a difficult task, and may yet define the premiership of Boris Johnson.
author Pitt, Daniel
author_facet Pitt, Daniel
author_sort Pitt, Daniel
title Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?
title_short Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?
title_full Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?
title_fullStr Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?
title_full_unstemmed Future Conservative Electoral Prospects : Time for Tory Socialism ?
title_sort future conservative electoral prospects : time for tory socialism ?
publisher Observatoire de la société britannique
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