The Conservative Party
1. Who is the leader of your party and can you tell us more about them? (200 words)
David Cameron is the current leader of the Conservative Party. He first won election to the Houses of Parliament in 2001 from his local constituency of Witney, Oxfordshire. Before being elected as an MP, Cameron was heavily involved in Politics as an advisor to the Chancellor and also worked in business where he was on the management board of one of the UK’s leading communication firms. In 2005, just 4 years after serving as an MP Cameron was elected as the leader of the Conservative Party, at the age of just 39. David is very family orientated and is married with 2 children; his third child unfortunately passed away at a young age due to a rare case of Cerebral Palsy, a cause Cameron holds close to his heart. Cameron has showed great confidence and leadership ability in bringing together the Conservative Party and moulding it into a fresher, younger forward looking party. He is often compared to Tony Blair for his flamboyancy in speech and fresh policy ideas; in 2008 he appeared on the cover of Time magazine where he was branded as a “Prime Minister in waiting”.
2. What are your party’s major policies? (300 words)
The Conservative party is suggesting a whole host of fresh new policy ideas at the upcoming General Election. At the forefront of this is Cameron’s vision of a “Big Society” where Cameron sees greater involvement and interaction between the public and central Government. The Party believe in changing politics in the UK so that power can be handed back and controlled by the people, not just the Government. The Tory party plan to re-energize the nation’s Economy by putting a hold on Labour’s National Insurance job tax, and by cutting the waste of the current bloated Government, saving up to 6 billion pounds. Furthermore, in line with recent events, the Conservative Party look to change the face of British Politics forever, by allowing the public to hold their MP’s to account, to publish all their expenses and activities and by cutting the size of Parliament as a whole. The Conservatives will further fund the NHS, which Cameron’s led Tory Party massively support, and ensure Police are out on the beat cutting down on crime whilst also allowing head teachers and schools to control the way they teach, ensuring teaching doesn’t come from Whitehall, but from teachers themselves.
Looking to the future the Party want to install revolutionary transport links around the nation with a high speed train network and look to ensure we take best care of our environment by giving big firms incentives to work with green energy whilst also working to cut landfill and introduce a white paper focussed on protecting natural habitats and environments. The Party also recognise the sacrifice of our Armed forces and pledge to offer them all the support and equipment they require, which unfortunately is a need they were not afforded by the current government.
3. Why should the public vote for your party? (100 words)
The Conservative Party offer the most viable and positive ideas and choices for the future. Whilst other Party’s focus on plunging us into further debt or unrealistic targets, the Conservatives recognise the need to temper our spending, reform our politics and work to maximise the potential of our historic insinuations and peoples by once more reinvigorating the British ethos of hard work and optimism. The Conservatives respect and recognise the light of suspicion under which Politics is held under today, and will work tirelessly to once more give this nation a Government which is honest, can be trusted and works with the people of the UK, for the greater good of us all.
Article written by a Politics student at the University of Manchester.
