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- proper noun politics
Conservative Party - proper noun UK A
political organisation that is said to be closely affiliated with theChurch of England . - proper noun UK Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to
labour parties.
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Examples
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The Conservative party is a standing corpse same with Labour.
BNP Lists UKIP Council Candidates on Official BNP Website 2007
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Though Labour has gained three percentage points, to 28 percent, since the last ComRes poll, published April 21, it trails the opposition Conservative party, which is down one point to 34 percent, and the Liberal Democrats, which has gained two points, on 29 percent.
Bloomberg 2010
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Orangeism, the Conservative party is a unionist organisation and anyone who votes for it surely knows this.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Orangeism, the Conservative party is a unionist organisation and anyone who votes for it surely knows this.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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The Conservative party is a modern party, and its a bold radical party.
The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion Forum Fraser Nelson 2010
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Given the still substantial public debts the country has, we need to keep paying down the debt further as quickly as reasonably possible and the Conservative party is the one I least trust to do that.
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And you know there are quite a lot of ideological soulmates out there who say ‘Well hold on, actually the Conservative party are the future and actually this lot have had their go and they’re the past.’
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Speaking to the Observer this weekend the former Conservative party chairman and governor of Hong Kong said that although there were "some good ones" – such as Fiona Bruce, Martha Kearney and Today's Sarah Montague – he would like to see more women presenting programmes.
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten wants stronger voice for older women 2011
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Streep, 62, plays the politician over a 40-year span, showing her rise in a film that has been criticised for portraying Thatcher in part of the film as a frail elderly woman suffering from dementia, with former Conservative party chairman Lord Tebbit calling her performance "half-hysterical, over-emotional".
Meryl Streep develops admiration for Margaret Thatcher after starring role 2011
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■ Ashcroft was appointed Conservative party treasurer in 1998 by the then leader William Hague and remained in the role until 2001.
The mystery of Lord Ashcroft and the paradise island business empire 2012
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