'One nation', 'one nation conservatism', and 'Tory democracy' are terms used in political debate in the United Kingdom to refer to the left wing of the Conservative Party. The term denotes a political stance aspiring towards unity of the citizenry in the nation, as well as harmony between divergent classes and interest groups, as opposed to the societal polarisation seen in the likes of both militant socialism and Thatcherism.

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  • 'One nation', 'one nation conservatism', and 'Tory democracy' are terms used in political debate in the United Kingdom to refer to the left wing of the Conservative Party. The term denotes a political stance aspiring towards unity of the citizenry in the nation, as well as harmony between divergent classes and interest groups, as opposed to the societal polarisation seen in the likes of both militant socialism and Thatcherism. The term derives indirectly from one of Benjamin Disraeli's political novels, Sybil, or the Two Nations, in which he described Britain as "Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets: the rich and the poor. " Lord Randolph Churchill would also use the term "Tory democracy" in this Disraelian sense in the late-Victorian era. British prime ministers Harold Macmillan and Edward Heath, as well as men such as Rab Butler, were leading figures of One Nation Conservatism.
  • One Nation Conservatism, populärt kallat Torydemokraterna, är en ideologisk strömning inom konservatismen inom Storbritanniens Konservativa parti. Gruppen betonar statens roll i att överbrygga fattigdom och social misär i syfte att skapa nationell enighet och folkligt stöd. Harold Macmillan och Edward Heath anses vara de främsta ideologiska förespråkarna för gruppen. Sedan Margaret Thatchers tid som partiledare har gruppen befunnit sig inom opposition, samtidigt som man yttrat sig kritiskt om vissa av de privatiseringar som genomförts under denna period.
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  • One Nation (disambiguation)
  • other uses of the term One Nation
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  • 'One nation', 'one nation conservatism', and 'Tory democracy' are terms used in political debate in the United Kingdom to refer to the left wing of the Conservative Party. The term denotes a political stance aspiring towards unity of the citizenry in the nation, as well as harmony between divergent classes and interest groups, as opposed to the societal polarisation seen in the likes of both militant socialism and Thatcherism.
  • One Nation Conservatism, populärt kallat Torydemokraterna, är en ideologisk strömning inom konservatismen inom Storbritanniens Konservativa parti. Gruppen betonar statens roll i att överbrygga fattigdom och social misär i syfte att skapa nationell enighet och folkligt stöd. Harold Macmillan och Edward Heath anses vara de främsta ideologiska förespråkarna för gruppen.
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  • One Nation Conservatism
  • One Nation Conservatism
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