Freedom
With this, conservatives mean the freedom to choose how you live your life, not only in the way you spend your money but also how you receive public services such as medical treatment and education.

Conservatism does not believe in a state imposed solution were some one else decides were your children go to school or where you get hospital treatment, it is the principle of allowing the individual make the choice.

In addition to the individual this part of Conservatism also extends to companies and organisations in giving them the right to decide how they want to operate with less intervention from the state.

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Enterprise
The Conservative Party has always been the Party for the entrepreneur. Conservatives have always been aware that it is this type of person who is the dynamo that drives British economy and as such makes us all prosperous. To stand for the entrepreneur means to encourage growth from within.

Conservatism encourages enterprise in the knowledge that this is going to be of benefit for all. This is not just in innovation in the creation of new products but also the creation of new jobs and with new products and new jobs come communal growth leading to communal wealth.

It has to be said that some of the greatest leaps in industry and the economy in Great Britain over the decades have been made during Conservative governments.

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Responsibility
Responsibility is broken into three key areas

Responsibility for ourselves our family and for those around us such as neighbours colleagues and those with whom live, in the way that we live our lives.

Responsibility for your country in your right and freedom to vote to control the way in which it is governed.

Responsibility to the environment that we live in, ensuring we have the least detrimental effect on our surroundings, by conserving and recycling.

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Patriotism
The Conservative Party and conservatism strongly believes in the "United Kingdom".

Over the years Great Britain has shown itself to not only be a great nation but also a highly respected one.

We also support and advocate self rule, were we are happy to work with our neighbours but reserve the right to govern ourselves.

Conservatism fights to ensure we maintain our rightful independent place in the democratic free world.

Though some countries are small and need others to rely upon in order to survive, we as a nation have and will always be independent and capable of self sufficiency.

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Obviously there is conservatism all over the world and broadly speaking it does stand for the same principles but here in the UK this is the best way to truly describe were the Conservative Party is and what it stands for.