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Thread #146309   Message #3394816
Posted By: GUEST
25-Aug-12 - 05:43 AM
Thread Name: BS: Where now Thatcher haters?
Subject: RE: BS: Where now Thatcher haters?
MtheGM, we're actually talking *about* Tories. One Nation Toryism was, not that surprisingly, a Tory-specific take on a problem recognised by all politicians during the 19th Century. Surely the clue is in the name?

No one is disputing that Disraeli didn't put together that the concept of 'Two Nations' or that he put forward a 'One Nation' political strategy in response. Although, at the said time, it was also opportunistic ragging on the Whigs, in the same way that modern politicians do today with all political opponents.

Disraeli might have been a Tory, but it's worth pointing out that he wouldn't be Tory enough for a lot of the current Tories. And, possibly, for some of the tin-foil hat wearing far right, a touch too Jewish.