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- Traditional, authority, order, preservation, organic society, pragmatism.
Changing
To Conserve:
- Fundamental principal of conservatism is one that distinguishes a conservative from a reaction. A belief that for something valuable to be preserved, it has be continuously updated and maintained.
- Conservatism is not just about conserving and avoiding reform but changing to conserve
- Reactionary: Resist all change, to restore what has been lost. A more progressive movement
- Conservatism: Such objects are at best futile and at worse, counterproductive
- Change is inevitable. Change should be done appropriately
- The UK party does not just hold the basic principals of conservatism but holds some liberal ideas too e.g Adam Smith,
- The party is ideologically eclectic: A broad range of ideas. Selecting from various sources
- Many modern conservatives fear change but see free market capitalism as its greatest threat. Even today, Labour’s policies are becoming conservative.