And why not? The Conservative Party has various diverse fora dedicated to Conservative Christians, Conservative Jews, Conservative Muslims, Conservative Hindus (no Sikhs or Jedi). Not to mention the various cults of inter alia Bruges, Animal Welfare, Way Forward and Rural Action. It is the very task of a political party in a liberal democracy to forge links across a very broad spectrum of popular ...
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Cranmer on 24th Jul 2008 (via archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com)
One of the current memes of Asian authoritarianism (borrowed in part from the US right) is "Democratic countries always vote for welfare, rather than thinking of the long-term interests of the country, and can never bring themselves to cut welfare."...
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BloodAndTreasure on 11th Jul 2011 (via bloodandtreasure.typepad.com)
Conservative plans to cut the number of welfare-to-work contracts received a mixed reception at Theresa May's keynote speech on welfare reform this morning.
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PoliticsCoUk on 25th Mar 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
A few months ago, I noted that a debate was taking place on Conservative Home regarding what appeared to be a rather shambolic, and remarkably undemocratic looking selection process for the Conservative regional lists for Europe. I wasn't gloating, as I was a democracy activist before I joined the Party, and those who know me will know how committed I am to due process and transparency. My
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LiberalBureaucracy on 8th Aug 2008 (via liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com)
Coalition welfare reform plans will face a fresh challenge today from senior Conservative peers.
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Telegraph on 25th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
The architect of the government's controversial welfare reforms, David Freud, has defected to the Tories in an embarrassing blow for Gordon Brown. Conservative sources said David Cameron intended to put Freud forward for a peerage, then give him a frontbench post as a shadow welfare minister. The move is a coup for the Tories, harnessing not only Freud's expertise on the welfare system, ...
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Guardian on 15th Feb 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Conservative leader David Cameron is to reveal his proposals for tackling poverty and reforming the welfare system.
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BBCPolitics on 10th Nov 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
The architect of Labour's controversial welfare reform programme is to join the Conservative party, it has been reported.
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PoliticsCoUk on 15th Feb 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
A senior Treasury official who described Iain Duncan Smith's plans to reform the welfare system as "impractical" is said to have sparked a fierce row between the former Conservative leader and the Chancellor.
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Telegraph on 22nd Aug 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron set out the UK Conservative party's direction on welfare reform. It was all the more striking because the occasion was a lecture in memory of Hugo Young, a pre-eminent liberal commentator
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FT on 10th Nov 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
One of the policies to come of the Conservative conference last week which I particuarly like is this one: I want to put an end to the situation where welfare is an entitlement. Instead I want our welfare state to become a two-way contract. Our job is to help people when they are down - their job
