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The meaning of One-Nation Conservatism has “changed confusingly over the years. In the late 19th century, Disraeli’s successor, Lord Salisbury, altered the meaning to uniting the kingdom, rather than the classes. Then, from the 1940s, the term was reinvented for the age of the welfare state, to refer to a new form of Conservative paternalism.
The meaning of One-Nation Conservatism has “changed confusingly over the years. In the late 19th century, Disraeli’s successor, Lord Salisbury, altered the meaning to uniting the kingdom, rather than the classes. Then, from the 1940s, the term was reinvented for the age of the welfare state, to refer to a new form of Conservative paternalism.


Margaret Thatcher reinterpreted One Nation Conservative once again, to resurrect the old idea of a property-owning democracy.
Margaret Thatcher abandoned One Nation Conservatism, prefering Chicago economics over keynesean welafrism.



=== 21st Century ===
=== 21st Century ===