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Old Labour (social democracy)
Key Labour principles of:
Nationalisation
Redistribution of wealth to rich to poor
Continually improving welfare and state services
Rejecting Thatcherite/free-market/Blairite reforms (these were pro-privatisation, purest form of capitalism, pro-iraq war etc.)
New Labour (Third Way)
A revision of Old Labour values, influenced by Anthony Giddens. Shifting Labour focus to a wider class base not just working class and a less robust alliance with trade unions.
One Nation
A paternalistic approach adopted by Conservatives (specifically PMs Disraeli, Cameron and May) that the rich have an obligation to help the poor.
New Right
There are two elements:
The neoconservatives who want the state to become more authoritarian regarding morality and law and order
The neoliberals who endorsed the free market and a lack of state in people’s lives and businesses
Classical liberals
A philosophy developed by early liberals who believed that individual free would be best achieved with the state playing a minimal role.
Modern liberals
A reaction against free-market capitalism, believing it had led people to not being free and freedom isn’t just ‘being left alone’.
Party systems
The way/manner that parties in a political system are grouped and structured.
In the UK there are several types that can apply; one-party dominant, two-party, two-and-a-half party and multi-party systems.
Left-wing
Those who desire change to the way society operates, often involving radical criticism of capitalism by liberal and socialist parties.
Right-wing
Support for the status quo, the need for order and hierarchy - generally relates to the conservative parties.
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