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First published in 1999, this book examines the dramatic decline of
the Conservative Party in Scotland. In 1955 the party secured over
50 per cent of the Scottish vote. At the last election it won a
mere 17 per cent of the vote, losing its representation at
Westminster in the process. But, until the publication of this work
and despite its importance, relatively little was known about why
the Conservative Party had declined so precipitously in Scotland.
Many of the explanations for the party's decline had largely
remained untested. These included that the party had lost its
Protestant base, suffered for its opposition to devolution and
become too right wing for a normally progressive Scottish
electorate. Using a unique collection of survey data, this work
casts doubt on all three claims. Thus, this book makes a major
academic contribution and examines, what for the Scottish
Unionists, was An Important Matter of Principle.
First published in 1999, this book examines the dramatic decline of
the Conservative Party in Scotland. In 1955 the party secured over
50 per cent of the Scottish vote. At the last election it won a
mere 17 per cent of the vote, losing its representation at
Westminster in the process. But, until the publication of this work
and despite its importance, relatively little was known about why
the Conservative Party had declined so precipitously in Scotland.
Many of the explanations for the party's decline had largely
remained untested. These included that the party had lost its
Protestant base, suffered for its opposition to devolution and
become too right wing for a normally progressive Scottish
electorate. Using a unique collection of survey data, this work
casts doubt on all three claims. Thus, this book makes a major
academic contribution and examines, what for the Scottish
Unionists, was An Important Matter of Principle.
The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics attempts to
reveal the true nature of Conservative Party politics by examining
the centrality of the myth of One Nation. The power and longevity
of such a concept is crucial to any understanding of the success of
the Conservative Party and this analysis of One Nation helps us to
lay bare the kernel of Conservative party politics per se. The use
of the term One Nation clearly matters for Conservative Party
politics, not just in its 'ancestral' use emanating from Disraeli's
1840s novels and his late nineteenth century rhetoric, but also
through Baldwin's speeches and to the failure of John Major to
replicate such a serene and contented image of the Nation in the
1990s. But as a concept for the Conservatives it means so much more
than mere imagery. It has been successfully utilized in their
'palaeontological' approach to their history in order to give the
impression that only the Party puts 'Nation' before any sectional
interest, that only the Conservative Party, as the national Party,
has the ability to assuage and balance the plurality of competing
interests on behalf of the Nation. It is because of this long and
successful utilization of the term 'One Nation' that so many within
the Party are so keen to lay claim to it.
Reveals the true nature of Conservative Party politics by examining
the centrality of the myth of One Nation.
This study, by a host of leading experts in the field, provides the most up-to-date analysis of the often problematic relationship between Britain and Europe since 1950. Beginning with a historical overview, the book proceeds to deal with individual aspects of this relationship, examining in turn the attitudes of all the main political parties, the unions, business, the civil service, and the media - towards European Integration. It concludes with a review of the findings and a discussion of the implications for Britain and Europe.
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