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1、BritishPolitical Parties Three dominant Parties in Britain Today:1.the Conservative Party(in 1832)2.the Labor Party(in 1900)3.the Liberal Democrats(since 1988)The first two parties have been in power by turns since 1945)Other partiesScottish National Party 苏格兰民族党苏格兰民族党 Democratic Unionist Party 民主统一

2、党民主统一党 Social Democratic and Labor Party 社会民主工党社会民主工党 Sinn Fein 新芬党新芬党 the Conservative PartyA.the origin of its nameIn the late 17th century,the supports of the King and the Church were called“Tories”by their opponents a term of abuse used to describe the dispossessed Irish outlaws who plundered an

3、d killed English settlers,but gradually began to stand for Loyalists（保皇派）political instrument-the king strength was drawn from the conservative landowning class.The Tory Party changed its name to the Conservative party in 1832.B.the nature of the Conservative Party It is the party of the right becau

4、se the Conservatives are opposed to great changes in society and have a belief in private enterprise and freedom from state control.C.the features of the Conservative Partyvrelatively rich and privileged,such as landowners and businessmen,often from the middle and upper-middle classvmaintenance of t

5、he existing institutions as its policyBig Namesv Winston Churchill PM 1940-1945&1951-1955vMargret ThatcherPM 1979-1990vDavid Cameron PM 2010-presentthe Labor PartyA.the origin of its name Before 1922,the policies were controlled by the rich.The working class became more and more unwilling to follow

6、them.They wanted to have their own party.So the Labor Party was formed by the trade unions,the Independent Labor Party and the Fabian Society in 1900.It gradually replaced the Liberal Party to become one of the two major parties in the UK.B.the nature of the Labor Party.the party of the reformist,le

7、ft wing.believes in the pursuit of greater social and economic equality.aims at the nationalization as the means of production and distribution.C.the features of the Labor Partyvrelatively poor and underprivilegedvstrong in the heavily-populated industrial areas and particularly associated with the

8、working classvnationwide organization,few resources and heavily depends on the trade unionsvconference for making the party policythe Liberal Democratsvformed in 1988,a merger(合并)of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic party,the middle party v mixed economy with state-owned&private-owned enterprisesvComparatively flexible and pragmatic(实用主义的）实用主义的）in the balance of the individual and the socialThank you2011级 英语学院 13班 潘明星