What Does It Mean to Be Leader of a “One Nation Conservative Government”? The Case of Boris Johnson
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2020 On 13 December 2019, in Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the formation of what he called a “new One Nation Conservative Government, a people’s government”.
Raphaele Espiet Kilty
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Liberal market economies, business, and political finance: Britain under New Labour [PDF]
, 2011 The extent and nature of business financing of parties is an important feature of political finance. Britain’s transparent and permissive regulatory system provides an excellent opportunity to study business financing of parties.
Bale Tim +35 more
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Gender, Language and Politics: the Representation of Theresa May on Twitter
Journal of Language and Literature, 2022 The relationship between women leaders’ language, social media, and politics has been interesting to be discussed. However, there are lacks previous studies that examined the women leaders’ language and how the word choices represent women leaders on ...
Umi Zakiyah, Ribut Wahyudi
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Speaking at cross-purposes? The rhetorical problems of 'progressive' politics [PDF]
, 2014 On 22 January 2009 David Cameron launched the ‘Progressive Conservatism Project’ at Demos, a think tank previously associated with the centre-left. He made clear that he considered this a new departure both for the Conservative Party and for the country.
Robinson, Emily, Twyman, Joe
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Euroscepticism and Opposition to British Entry into the EEC, 1955-75
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2017 While British Euroscepticism is frequently regarded as a phenomenon of the 1980s and 1990s and is most often seen in relation to the Conservative Party and the Thatcher and Major governments, particularly in the years leading up to and immediately after ...
Richard Davis
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David Cameron, Citizenship and the Big Society: a New Social Model?
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2016 David Cameron’s Big Society Programme was his flagship programme for the 2010 general election. Its main objective was to help the Conservative Party distance itself from Thatcherism, notably by bringing about change for Britain’s society. The government
Raphaële Espiet-Kilty
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Political brand identity: an examination of the complexities of Conservative brand and internal market engagement during the 2010 UK General Election campaign [PDF]
, 2014 This paper seeks to build an understanding of the importance of internal communications when building a strong political brand. Using Kapferer’s brand prism as a conceptual framework, the paper explores UK Conservative Party members’ attitudes towards ...
Adams S. +15 more
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Revue Française de Civilisation BritanniqueCompared to previous UK legislatures, the 2019-2024 Parliament started as a promisingly stable environment for the governing Conservative Party. It had a large majority with opposition parties sitting in reduced numbers, its parliamentary party was ...
Luca Augé
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Towards Exit from the EU: The Conservative Party’s Increasing Euroscepticism since the 1980s
Politics and Governance, 2017 Since the 1980s, Britain’s Conservative Party has become increasingly critical of the European Union, and of the country’s membership of it. So contentious and controversial has this issue become that it was a significant factor in the downfall of three ...
Peter Dorey
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Russians, Refugees and Europeans: What shapes the discourse of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia? [PDF]
, 2017 The Conservative Peoples’ Party of Estonia (EKRE) presents a unique case in the study of far-right parties for two reasons. First, the ‘others’ to which they juxtapose Estonians are the Russian-speaking minority, who are white, Christian, and to a large ...
Wierenga, Louis
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