Have British Parties Moved Away From Their Traditional Ideologies

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Have British political parties moved away from their traditional party ideologies?

An ideology is like an idea or a principle that certain people have and may all agree to the same ideology.

Ideologies or policies have changed a lot since The Political Divide in the Mid-1980s for example; Conservatives and Labour have changed their policies quite a lot.

The main 3 ideologies of the Conservatives in the 1980s were:

  1. Reductions in Trade Union power
  2. Privatisation of all major nationalised industries
  3. Deep reductions in direct taxes on the better off

The main 3 ideologies for the Conservatives now (2008) are:

    1. To raise school standards – The immediate actions include:

Improving discipline and behaviour in schools by shifting the balance of power in every classroom back in favour of the teacher. Delivering more teaching by ability which stretches the strongest and nurtures the weakest

    2. To decentralised energy revolution in Britain

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    3. Programme of welfare reform to end the thing of long-term welfare dependence in this country and help make British poverty history. This includes –

  • Respect for those who can’t work - Incapacity Benefit given to those who cannot work
  • Jobs for those who can – Anyone who can work will be expected to work or prepare for work
  • Assessments for those claiming benefits – Assessments on those who are claiming benefits to see if they actually need them anymore
  • Limits to those claiming benefits – Those who do not join a return to work ...

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