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Do conservatives believe in society?

Mark Chesterton and David Tuck examine approaches within conservatism

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On 29 March 2020, Boris Johnson announced ‘there really is such a thing as society’ after 20,000 former NHS workers returned to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time of national crisis, Johnson, acutely aware that past Conservative governments hadn’t appeared to care about society, wanted to clarify that his did. For many key thinkers, the preservation and maintenance of society is at the heart of what conservatism is all about.

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