Conservatism

David's first book was Modern Conservatism and has tried to contribute to the renewal of thinking on the Centre Right. David wrote about what he called Civic Conservatism in the early 1990s as he saw the need for Conservatism to be more than a free market party – important though that was.

After the Landslide
September 1, 1999
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By David Willetts

Any properly Conservative Party has to address what Disraeli in Coningsby called ‘the awkward question’: ‘what will you conserve?’

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The Conservative Party’s Landslide defeat in 1997 led David to review the lessons from previous landslide defeats in 1906 and 1945. This is all very relevant again now.

Civic Conservatism
June 1, 1994
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By David Willetts

In 1994, David Willetts developed his ideas and produced this paper providing a defence of free markets and a fresh approach to social policy.

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