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What are the main ideological principles of the conservatives, Labour and Liberal democrats? To what extent do they overlap? With today’s common practise many people argue that parties no longer operate by an ideology
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What are the main ideological principles of the conservatives, Labour and Liberal democrats? To what extent do they overlap? With today's common practise many people argue that parties no longer operate by an ideology. The traditional scale with extremities of anarchism on the far left through to fascism on the right is only a simple way of classifying the different beliefs within politics. The three main parties supposedly have the function of representing the wide spectrum of views within the politics world. Traditionally Labour, the current governing party, symbolizes the mixed economy, socialists and left wing principles whereas the Conservatives are more autocratic and support privatisation and are against radical change. A more centrist party, the Liberal Democrats, are social- democratic and believe in strong public sector welfare programmes among many. Numerous people find it hard to differentiate between parties especially when main parties subdivide into smaller sections with different...
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