All anti-Conservatives always use the term 'Tories' for the Conservatives. It is used pejoratively. See here. It isn't really on to describe all members of the Conservatives as having 'Tory' tendencies. But there is a certain arrogance from the likes of Cameron and Osborne that drives everyone nuts. But is it 'Toryism'?
Now that is all very well, I am quite happy with all sorts of political insults - in fact I wholeheartedly approve of them - but where is the similar term to pejoratively describe the Labour Party. I mean (doffing my cap to Godwin's Law) could you justifiably call them 'Nazis'?
Clearly that isn't strictly true. If you've struggled though Mein Kampf you will know why.
What about Polpottists? The Khmer Rouge 'socialism'. (Which is more accurately their own horrible brand of Nazism).
How about 'Castroists'? Just doesn't cut it does it? No pith.
Maybe it just needs to be 'Marxist'. After all that's where Socialism comes from.
But that really doesn't quite work like 'Tory', as many lefties feel quite honoured to be called 'Marxists', despite the fact that Marxism has provided the justification for the murder of possibly a hundred of million of people. Whereas non-communist/socialists haven't really murdered anybody en masse. (Typing Mass Killings Under Capitalist Regimes into Google gets you more stuff on mass killings under socialism / communism, plus this, most of which are no such thing, the regimes quoted generally being totalitarian or authoritarian. It's a highly selective article.)
So come on, where is the equivalent for 'Tory' that could be applied to the Labour Party in the UK?
Declaring Myself. I think I am slightly conservative, with a small, very small 'c'. But I despise the Conservative Party. At least under its current leadership. I take 'Conservative' to mean not being cavalier with the tried and tested institutions handed down to our care. Like the Common Law say. And small government - although that isn't really borne out by recent history, is it?
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