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The term Tory is much older than the official Conservative Party name, ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, [14] is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party. The party sits on the centre-right [21] to right-wing [28] of the political spectrum.
The Irish word toruidhe or toruighe, meaning "to pursue" or "to hunt", is suggested as the origin for the term Tory. From the 1500s to 1600s, the term Tory first emerged to refer to the Irish who were dispossessed of their lands and took to the woods, forming themselves into bands that subsisted on wild animals and goods taken from settlers. [5]
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 ...
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Modern conservative parties often define themselves by their opposition to liberal or socialist parties. The United States usage of the term conservative is unique to that country, where its first modern usage was for pro-free enterprise opponents of the New Deal .
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