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A Point of View: The Meanings of Conservatism

The Meanings of Conservatism

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John Gray ponders the true meaning of Conservatism.

John Gray argues that influential sections of the Conservative party are seeking a return to Margaret Thatcher's inheritance.

'We're witnessing a major change in British politics,' writes John Gray. 'But to what?' With Boris Johnson on the way out, many Conservatives, he says, believe the party needs a new 'big idea'. But that is a fundamental error, he believes.  'What the party needs is not another new philosophy but a healthy dose of pragmatism...new thinking, but not some grand new theory'.


Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Penny Murphy

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