History of Tory

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The Tory party is another name for the modern UK Conservative party.

The term Tory is currently a shorten alternative for Conservative? in the sense of the UK Conservative party, for which a valid alternative name is the Tory party.

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History

Currently this term is considered to derrogatory by many Conservatives as many UK voters associate it with uncomplementary recollections of the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. This is quite ironic given the origins of the term "Conservative" (see below). Tory is unlikely to fall from common usage as newspapers? find it too useful as an alternative for Conservative when space is limited.

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(there's more to "Tory" than just another name for the Conservatives, but someone more knowledgable than I willl have to do this)

History

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Generally, Tories were associated with landed wealth, Jacobite sympathies, the Church of England. Whigs were more associated with trade, money, expansion and tolerance. Both were still committed to the political system in place at that time. Neither group could be considered a true political party.

Generally, Tories were associated with landed wealth, Jacobite sympathies, the Church of England. Whigs were more associated with trade, money, expansion and tolerance. Both were still committed to the political system in place at that time. Neither group could be considered a true political party.

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should this carry on with Walpoe, Pelham, Pitt, Fox etc. to the rise of the liberal party in this article?

The Tories had the name "Conservative" applied to them as an insult and later on they adopted this name as the official name of their party.