Party distinctions blurring in UK: What happened to core ideology? 7 Articles

by Ollie Jonson

Core ideology has been abandoned by the major political parties in the United Kingdom mainly in an attempt to attract the elusive middle England' voters. In our first-past-the-post system, the outcome of a general election...read more

by Christopher Hounslow

Core ideology is dying, perhaps already dead, due to the centralisation of British politics. When you vote in the UK, you are supposed to be voting for the person you think will represent your area, the constituency you li...read more

by Steve Martin

As the parties of the left and right move towards the centre, voter choice becomes ever less of an issue. This is reflected in ever lower turnouts for elections. Basically, what we know vote for is the party which we consi...read more

by David Birchall

New Labour sounded the death-knell for ideology in the UK. The removal of Clause 4 ended a lifetime of close association with unions, and freed up the party to do, well, whatever they liked. They chose to support big b...read more

by Mark Hopkins

'Core ideology' threatened to make the Labour Party permanently unelectable after the collapse of the Callaghan government in 1979. Trade Union power was so great that the government failed to take strong action to reform ...read more

by Ian Smith

During my time in the British Labour Party in the 1990s, there were plenty of people opposed to its rebranding, the loss of its core ideology. But there were also plenty of new people joining all the time. The party was ch...read more

by Thom Cowan

In the current world, is there such a thing as core idealogy anymore? this a problem in which the voting public find hard to relate to. As now, the political parties strive to reach the fabled 'centre ground'. In doing ...read more