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Conservative party

noun

  1. a political party in Great Britain founded about 1832 as successor to the Tory party and characterized by moderate progressivism.



Conservative Party

noun

  1. In full: Conservative and Unionist Party(in Britain) the major right-wing party, which developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It advocates a mixed economy, and encourages property owning and free enterprise

  2. (in Canada) short for Progressive Conservative Party

  3. (in other countries) any of various political parties generally opposing change

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It is far from unusual to see tributes to Margaret Thatcher at Conservative party conferences.

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She acknowledged that the Conservative Party may take a "small" political hit for the strategy but said: "Nothing good comes quickly."

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"We need to start to pull our socks up... start to communicate better and start to outline what a positive Conservative Party can deliver for this country."

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The Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, due to start on Sunday, had also been factored into police planning and operations, said ACC Sykes, who stressed that his force had the resources needed to reassure the city's Jewish population and other communities.

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The Conservative party has been pronounced more or less gone before.

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