Concept cluster: Philosophy > UK Tory and Labour factions
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(UK politics, historical) A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
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A political supporter of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928), British statesman and Liberal politician who served as prime minister from 1908 to 1916.
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(politics, chiefly Britain) A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.
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(UK) Relating to or conforming with the political views of Tony Benn.
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(historical) A member of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Aneurin Bevan.
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Joe Biden, 46th and current president of the United States (2021–present).
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(informal) Joe Biden’s circle of associates, employees and appointees.
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(Britain, colloquial) The large number of female Labour Members of Parliament elected at the general election of 1997 in the UK.
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Reminiscent of Tony Blair or his policies.
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(UK politics) The political ideology attributed to the governments of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
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(UK politics) Favouring, or according to, the policies of Tony Blair, British prime minister 1997-2007.
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(chiefly Britain, informal, derogatory) A supporter of Tony Blair, British prime minister 1997-2007, or his policies.
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(UK politics, informal) A supporter of Tony Blair, British prime minister from 1997 to 2007, or his policies.
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(UK politics) The policies of Conservative Prime Minister John Major and his successor, the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen as representing one indistinguishable social and economic outlook.
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The conservative political ideologies of British prime ministers Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher, where the former is viewed as a continuation of the latter.
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(UK) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
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(derogatory) A member of Ireland's Fine Gael political party, which O'Duffy's followers joined after their own organization was dissolved.
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(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
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(UK politics) Enthusiasm for Boris Johnson (born 1964), British politician and Mayor of London.
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(UK politics, slang) The British politician and journalist Boris Johnson (born 1964), Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
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The political and economic philosophies associated with Brexit.
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(UK politics, informal) The increase in popularity of the Labour Party following the change of Prime Minister from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown in June 2007.
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(UK politics) The political ideology of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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(UK politics) Of, or relating to Brownites, or Gordon Brown's government and policies.
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(UK) A reactionary old conservative.
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George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993
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(US) George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, distinguished from his son the 43rd president.
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(US) George Walker Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, distinguished from his father the 41st president.
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(UK politics, now historical) Of or relating to Butskellism.
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(UK politics, now historical) A centrist economic policy obtaining in post-war Britain, upheld by both Conservative and Labour Chancellors.
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(UK politics, in election results) Conservative
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(UK politics) The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations and subsequent deliberations.
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(US politics) Someone who supports Calexit.
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(chiefly Britain, informal) A supporter of David Cameron or his policies.
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(UK politics) A Conservative Party member with green or social liberal leanings, supporting the policies of David Cameron.
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Resembling or characteristic of Jimmy Carter (born 1924), American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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(US politics, derogatory) Former U.S. president George W. Bush, seen as a tyrant.
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(UK politics) An obvious, unambiguous divide between the policies of two parties.
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(UK politics, informal) Enthusiasm for British Liberal Democrat politician Nick Clegg.
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(Britain, Ireland, politics) (excessive) speculation around the time of a general election about possible coalition governments that might ensue
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(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
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(UK politics) A centre-right political party, official full name Conservative and Unionist Party, informally known as the Tory Party.
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(UK politics) The Conservative Party.
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(UK politics) The political philosophy exemplified by Jeremy Corbyn of the British Labour Party.
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(UK politics, informal) A supporter of British politician Jeremy Corbyn.
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(UK politics) A supporter of Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949), British socialist politician elected leader of the Labour Party in 2015.
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(UK politics, neologism) Enthusiasm for Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949), British socialist politician elected leader of the Labour Party in 2015.
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(UK politics) The economic ideas and policies of British politician Jeremy Corbyn.
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(US, colloquial) Dianne Feinstein (American politician)
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(Britain, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
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(UK, politics) A politician who goes against the party line by opposing European integration.
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(US politics, slang, humorous) To support the American politician Bernie Sanders (born 1941), especially during his 2016 or 2020 campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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The Holy Roman Empire.
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The National Liberation Front political party (of various countries, but chiefly associated with Algeria).
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A member of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Hugh Gaitskell.
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(Canadian politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.
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(Canadian politics, sometimes derogatory) A supporter of Stephen Harper and the policies of his government.
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(politics, chiefly UK) A supporter of a very traditionalist form of conservatism in line with the Toryism that originated in the 17th century, favouring a hierarchical society over utopian equality.
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(politics, chiefly UK) The political views of the High Tories; very traditional conservatism.
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(especially) Margaret Thatcher.
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(Australian politics) Sir Johannes “Joh” Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005), Premier of Queensland 1968–1987.
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(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
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(UK politics) A political supporter of Boris Johnson (born 1964), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 2019 to 2022.
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(historical, politics) Revolutionary Governing Junta
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A supporter or member of UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party).
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(UK, New Zealand) Short for the Labour Party.
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(Ireland, politics, historical) A proponent of Larkinism.
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(UK politics) A leftist supporter of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; a left-wing Brexiteer.
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(US, historical) A supporter of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), his policies, or Northern interests during the American Civil War.
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(informal) Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.
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(UK politics) A political supporter of John Major (born 1943), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.
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(UK politics, derogatory, humorous) A nickname for Theresa May.
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(UK politics) A political supporter of Theresa May (born 1943), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019.
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(Australian politics, derogatory) The men of the Liberal party and their background lobbyists, particularly with regard to women's issues.
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The Conservative Monday Club, a far-right pressure group with its origins in the British Conservative Party, so named because it originally met over lunch on Mondays.
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(UK) A stereotypical male identified as the sort of voter the Labour Party needed to attract to win the 1997 election.
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(South African politics) Short for South African National Party.
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(South Africa, politics) A minor South African political party founded in 2008.
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(UK politics) A movement in the 1990s and 2000s to rebrand the British Labour Party by discarding traditional goals such as nationalization and socialism.
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Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America
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Objects, materials, or documents relating to Richard Nixon (1913–1994), the 37th president of the United States.
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Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America.
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(India, economics, neologism) The economic policies of Narendra Modi
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(UK politics, historical) One of a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party in the nineteenth century, characterised by a commitment to free trade and a managerial, almost technocratic, approach to government.
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(US politics) Used specifically of Mike Pence
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(UK politics) The political stance of Michael Portillo (born 1953), former Member of Parliament, Deputy Conservative Party leader and Cabinet Minister.
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(idiomatic) a strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance
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(historical) An organisation for spreading Conservative principles in Great Britain, founded in 1883.
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Of the administration of Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981–1989.
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(UK politics) A set of constituencies, in the Midlands, Northern England and North East Wales, which have historically tended to support the Labour Party.
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(UK politics, derogatory) A Remainer; one who complains about or rejects the outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
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Obsolete spelling of republic [A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.]
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Obsolete form of republic. [A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.]
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(historical) A member or supporter of the Rump Parliament.
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A form of oligarch whose origin is in the security service (e.g. KGB, FSB) or law enforcement areas of government.
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(US politics, historical) The electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877, the end of the Reconstruction, to 1964.
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Support for, or the political beliefs of, Rishi Sunak
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(UK politics) A political supporter of Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister since 2022.
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(Scotland, derogatory, UK politics, somewhat dated) A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party, connoting sentimentality or old-fashionedness.
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(US politics, slang) An idealized, rural, conservative version of America, as recalled by Tea Party members.
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Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister.
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The optical illusion resulting from the Thatcher effect.
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People who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.
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Reminiscent of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), former British prime minister, or her policies.
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Of or relating to Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), British prime minister.
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(UK politics) The political ideology attributed to the governments of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), characterised by, among other things, a free market economy, privatisation, low taxation, austerity and opposition to unionisation.
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(UK politics) A proponent of Thatcherism.
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(UK politics) Supporting Thatcherism.
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(economics) The economic policies followed by Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister.
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(informal, UK politics) A member of The Independent Group for Change, a pro-European British political party that existed in 2019.
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(Britain, informal, humorous, derogatory) An ingratiating political associate of the former British prime minister Tony Blair.
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(Canadian politics) The Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants
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(politics, derogatory, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Members or supporters of a Green Party who are viewed to be politically conservative.
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(Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
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(UK politics) Synonym of the British Conservative Party
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(UK politics) The realm or sphere of the Tories.
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Inclined to Toryism; supporting the Conservative Party.
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The political principles of the Tories.
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(UK politics, informal) Those parts of the United Kingdom whose residents overwhelmingly vote for the Conservative Party.
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(UK) Of or pertaining to the (historical) Tory, and now the Conservative, political party; hence, steadfastly conservative.
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Harry S. Truman, U.S. President
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(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Liz Truss (born 1975), British politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom in 2022.
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(UK politics) A political supporter of Liz Truss (born 1975), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister in September–October 2022.
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A Euro-sceptic political party in the United Kingdom.
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(historical) The aggressive foreign policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany beginning in 1891.
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(Britain, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
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(UK politics) An 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories, and became the Liberal Party.
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(US, politics) Synonym of Bradley effect (“theory about white voters and polling”)
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(politics, historical) A Victorian group of young Tory politicians who opposed free trade and radicalism and professed a sentimental attachment to earlier forms of social life in England.

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