THE PARTY SYSTEM (18^th century)

1. Conservatives (Tories)

2. Liberals (Whighs)

After World War I:

1. Labour Party (it existed earlier, but after World War I it became second largest party)

MAIN PARTIES

1. Conservative Party - right

2. Labour Party - left

3. Liberal Party - party of the centre (relabively small)

4. Social and Liberal Democratic Party 1988 - some members of Liberal Party (it still exist because not all members joined SLDP) and Social Democratic Party (it stopped existed because all its members joined SLDP).

NATIONALISTIC PARTIES (not so important now):

1. Scottish Nationalist Party - political independence of Scotland (not so much support. It used to have a lot of support when wanted to have separate Parliament, but now not so many people want to be fully independent).

2. Plaid Cymru - Welsh party - rather cultural type of nationalism (Welsh language, celtic heritage).

3. Ulster Unionist - Ireland, they want North Ireland to be part of UK, rather conservative

4. Sinn Fein - Ireland, they want North Ireland to be part of the Republic of Ireland. It's quite old party. They have kind of connection with IRA.

5. * IRA - illegal - Irish Republican Party

6. The Green Party - ecological party, it used to have a lot of support

7. British national Party which replaced National Front - it became illegal, it was extreme right party. Against immigrants, EU.

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY

1. From Tories

2. Party of the right

3. Up-middle and upper-middle class

4. More popular in Southern England (not industrial)

5. Don't support welfare institutions

6. Party of establishment (leaders of business, institutions, media, transport, universities etc.)

7. For economic freedom (lower taxes, don't want government intervention - remember that these are kind of stereotypes, but we learn it because it is more simple )

8. They want private enterprises. Some now are mixed like water supplies for example.

9. Protection of national interests (EU - they do not accept some parts of EU policy)

10. Loyalty of family, Queen - traditional values - church (Protestant Church)

11. Against changes in society

Nowadays it is not possible to be against welfare state. For example public education - they accept it, but they try to reform it.

If somebody wants to be a member of Conservative Party, first he had to join ASSOCIATION (for every constituency). Association:

1. Chooses candidates for elections

2. Keep in touch with member chosen as MP

CONFERENCIES - they are summoned every year

CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE	LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE
In October
In seaside towns (they change towns every year, because of bomb attack planned some time ago)
Representatives of Local Associations, MPs, National Leaders. Representative = any person who is a member of party. It don't have to be chosen in election.	Delegates. Delegate = chosen group of people, not all members of party.
They don't make party policy. Only meetings and discussions. Try to find support for some ideas. Leader chose people, and these are the people who take decisions.	They make decisions.

KULTURA - WYKŁAD - 13.12.2011

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