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Assess the balance between one nation and Thatcherite ideas within modern British conservatism.
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ASSESS THE BALANCE BETWEEN ONE NATION AND THATCHERITE IDEAS WITHIN MODERN BRITISH CONSERVATISM. Thatcherite and One Nation principles are ultimately a clash of ideas and are inherently contradictory. The main concept of One Nation is paternalism, the idea of social obligation. An organic society as suggested by Disraeli is held together by an acceptance of duty and obligation; the rich therefore should shoulder the burden of social responsibility, which is essence the price of privilege. One-nation ideas are the 'middle-way' approach, which tolerates welfarism and interventionism. Thatcherism clearly clashes with these ideas in that it wishes to roll back the state in economic matters, to allow the liberty and dynamism of the free economy to run freely without any state intervention. Thatcherite ideas are essentially those of the New Right, which is influenced by the ideas of Hayak. The New Right is a marriage between two contrasting ideological traditions. Classical liberal economics,...
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