Books by Cecil Herbert Driver
Tory Radical
by Cecil Herbert Driver
This book gives you an insight into the complicated history of early Conservatism and how Conservatives have always formed different coalitions. In this case it was the coalition between the factory workers and the aristocrats against the mill owners – the mill owners being the Liberals. Oastler was a radical figure in the late 1700s and early 1800s and one of the driving forces behind the Factory Acts when Conservatives made common cause with even the most radical elements.
Interviews where books by Cecil Herbert Driver were recommended
The best books on British Conservatism, recommended by Daniel Finkelstein
Conservatism is different around the world because what it’s trying to preserve, the ‘essence of a nation,’ inevitably varies by country, says British journalist and politician Daniel Finkelstein. And yet, the UK’s Tory party has always been quick to adapt to whatever would get it into power.
