Conservative Party

Deputy
* Economic liberalism
* Monarchism

The **Conservative Party**, also known as the **Conservatives** or sometimes informally oversimplified as "The **Blues**", is the main right-wing political party in Game City. In general, it stands for individual rights, the right to own private property, free-market capitalism and the defence of traditions. Originally far-right, it has moderated significantly since its creation, and is today considered to lean centre-right.

They are the third-largest party in Parliament and they lead the Opposition. Their current leader is Xep.

The Conservative Party is represented by the colour **blue**.

## History

### The "Original Conservative Party" (2015).

The "original" Conservative Party was founded in 2015, in response to the creation of the Labour Party, by wealthy nobles wanting to defend the absolute power of King Aston I (which benefitted their interests and privileges), and was publicly against democracy. Since the Labour Party was pro-democracy and led by the charismatic man of the people that was JaimeGamer99, the aristocratic Conservatives were very unpopular and only had the support of the wealthy lords. The Labour Party won the 2015 elections by a whopping landslide, and the Conservatives were greatly relegated to the political minority. Most of the old elite then abandoned the party, proving that they seriously needed a makeover if they were to survive in a democratic Game City.

### Leadership of Woodywyatt (2017 - 2022)

After the resignation of Scot\_pilgrim and the rest of the unpopular and out-of-touch nobles in the original Conservative Party, the young and ambitious Woodywyatt ascended the political ladder and became the party's new leader in 2017. He rebranded the Conservative Party in order to adapt it to democracy, abandoning its past ties to absolutism, tyranny and noble privileges. Under Woodywyatt, the Conservative Party would modernise and instead become the party of business owners, of the self-employed, economic freedom and what he called "good old-fashioned capitalism". This proved to be very popular among the masses and led Woodywyatt to victory in the 2017 and 2019 elections, serving as President for 4 years.

### Candidacy of Xep (2022-23).

In January 2022, Xep announced his desire to run for President as the Conservative Party's candidate. He received Woodywyatt's blessing, who would transfer the party leadership to him, while Woodywyatt would receive the role of Secretary-General of the party, managing the inner running of the party itself while Xep would be the public spokesperson and candidate for President. Xep's program would be one much more liberal than Woodywyatt's, moving the usually traditionalist "Blue Party" more to the centre in order to make it more appealing to the lower classes.

Xep would be the Conservative candidate for the March 2023 snap election. However, they came third, marking not only their worst defeat ever, but the first time that neither the Conservatives or Labour won, breaking the two-party system.

## Beliefs

#### Economy:

* They believe in **individual economic freedom**, that a citizen should be able to work wherever they want and start the business they choose without the State as an obstacle.
* They think that **the Government should not interfere with business and economy** (*Laissez-faire* economics).
* They believe in **lowering taxes** or directly having none at all. They claim that money belongs to the people who earn it, and high taxes would discourage work and investment.

#### Social:

* **They want a strong criminal justice system** to control rule breaking and prevent any more of it. This would include cracking down heavily on in-game drugs.
* Their **target voters** are generally the **self-employed**. Formerly they used to appeal more to the upper classes and nobles, but have since moderated so as to attract the votes of workers too.
* They are **strong defenders of tradition, the Church of Notch and the monarchy.**
* **They support the right to own weapons,** in case an invasion or pillager attack happens.

#### Infrastructure:

* They believe in the **rapid development and expansion of the city**, which would create more and more new jobs and attract business. They were the keenest supporters of the construction of a towering financial district.
* They encourage the **private development of alternative energy sources**, but it would only come from the private sector. The scheme would receive no public money.