There's a distinction between having conservative beliefs and supporting the current Tory Party. The essential conservative belief is that change should be viewed with suspicion, and probably be avoided unless it can be demonstrated to be an improvement or at least not made things worse. It baically comes down to "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

That has always seemed a very sensible attitude, which should be shared across the political spectrum. There can of course be wide differences about what changes are needed, and what things are broke and need fixing, and how to go about doing that, and that is the basis of reasonable political differences.

The present Tory party is set on going in completely the opposite direction, "neoliberalism", imposing radical changes without recognising the damage they cause. This is based on a radical ideology of commitment to privatisation and to rolling back public controls over the activity of private and corporate enterprise.

Confusingly many decent people with a conservative orientation do not seem to recognise that the existing Tory party does not represent their beliefs. Or perhaps in some cases they are hanging on supporting the party in the hopes that it might return to its principle, in the same way many people hung on in supporting Labour during the New Labour years.