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Portrait of James, Duke of York by Henri Gascar, 1673. As a political term, Tory was an insult (derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraí, meaning "outlaw", "robber", from the Irish word tóir, meaning "pursuit" since outlaws were "pursued men") [9] [10] that entered English politics during the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678–1681.
A Tory (/ ˈ t ɔː r i /) is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain.
The Foundation of the Conservative Party, 1830-1867 (1978) Crowson, N. J. The Longman Companion to the Conservative Party Since 1830-2000 (2001) online; Shannon, Richard. The Age of Disraeli, 1868-1881: The Rise of Tory Democracy (1992) Ramsden, John. History of the Conservative Party: The Age of Balfour and Baldwin, 1902–1940 (1978) Ramsden ...
The party traditionally holds the annual Conservative Party Conference during party conference season, at which senior Conservative figures promote party policy. The Conservative Party was founded in 1834 from the Tory Party and was one of two dominant political parties in the 19th century, along with the Liberal Party .
Phillip Blond, a British political theorist who has had past connections with the Conservative Party, [32] has proposed a renewed version of one-nation conservatism. [33] Theresa May promoted "One Nation" ideas during her successful bid for the Tory leadership in 2016. Previously in 2002 she had highlighted that the party was known as the ...
The resignation of Boris Johnson fires the starting gun on the race to replace him as leader of the Conservative Party. ... For example, during the 2019 leadership contest to replace Theresa May ...
[33] Thatcher was described as "a radical in a conservative party", [33] and her ideology has been seen as confronting "established institutions" and the "accepted beliefs of the elite", [33] both concepts incompatible with the traditional conception of conservatism as signifying support for the established order and existing social convention .
Michael Gove has said he apologised “a long time ago” to Boris Johnson after the pair fell out when they ran for the leadership of the Tory party, as the first day of the party’s conference ...