Conservative Party

I am the last

I am the last person whom it would be reasonable to expect to leave the Conservative Party. Enoch Powell

We should be in the business of protecting cherished institutions and our cultural heritage, otherwise what, I ask, is a Conservative party for? Indeed we are alienating people who have voted for us for all their lives, leaving them with no one to vote for. Edward Leigh

The historic role of

The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the different elements within the state at those times when, for one reason or another, their imbalance threatens to disrupt the orderly development of society Edward Heath

I was delighted that

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of the Conservative Party at this general election. Edward Heath

In 1925, when Britain

In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong. Ed Balls

The conservatives have already

The conservatives have already accepted a large part of the collectivist creed-a creed that has governed policy for so long that many of its institutions have come to be accepted as a matter of course and have become a source of pride to \”conservative\” parties who created them. Here the believer in freedom cannot but … Read more

The whole of the

The whole of the situation of the Conservative Party today springs from that night when they dismissed the best prime minister the country had had since Churchill. Denis Thatcher

I was organizing a

I was organizing a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference in October 1994 and I got a message that the Prime Minister would like a meeting. I went to the meeting. It was just me and John Major.What Major said to me was this: If you were in my shoes, what would you do?. … Read more

People are crying out

People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country. David Cameron

I think in any

I think in any organisation it’s right to set out what you stand for, what you’re fighting for and bring that together in one document so that people can see that the modern compassionate Conservative Party is in it for everybody – not just the rich David Cameron