one-nation conservatism

English

Etymology

Refers to the fact that all classes are part of the same nation.

Noun

one-nation conservatism (uncountable)

1. (UK politics) A pragmatic paternalistic form of conservatism, conscious of working-class issues.
   • [2019 December 14, Tim Bale, “The real Boris Johnson: one-nation Tory or raging populist?”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     All this links Johnson firmly with his predecessors – Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May. So does (with Thatcher as the exception that proves the rule) his eagerness – on full display in his remarks in Downing Street on Friday – to employ that emptiest of empty signifiers, “one-nation Conservatism”.]

Synonyms

• one nation
• one-nationism

Related terms

• one-nation conservative