one-nation conservatism
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one-nation conservatism
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Refers to the fact that all classes are part of the same nation.
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A pragmatic paternalistic form of conservatism, conscious of working-class issues.
All this links Johnson firmly with his predecessors – Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May. So does (with Thatcher as the exception that proves the rule) his eagerness – on full display in his remarks in Downing Street on Friday – to employ that emptiest of empty signifiers,
Similar: one nation, one-nationism, Tory Democracy
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