The United Kingdom is a peculiar country. It is also peculiar for the motesThe two main parties in the House of Commons are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, although another of the candidates for the United Kingdom Elections on July 4 is the Liberal Party, known as the Whigs.
In fact, the Liberal Party ceased to exist as such in 1988, the year in which it merged with the Social Democratic Party to create the current party. Liberal Democratic PartyThe Liberals, whose party was founded in 1859, have a long history behind them.
Why are the Whigs
Whig is a word that comes from the Scottish Welsh, and its meaning is something similar to bandit. The term was used to refer in a derogatory way to groups opposed to Anglicanism and absolute monarchy. In fact, there was the Wight Party, which existed between the 17th and 19th centuries, until those groups were reorganized. groups formed the Liberal Party, which proudly adopted the nickname of Whigs.
Whig ideology
Historically, the Wight Party positioned itself as contrary to the absolute monarchyand was in favor of constitutional monarchy. They supported capitalism and classical liberalismand was characterized by being in favor of currents such as the free market.
He Liberal Party followed the position of the Whigs. Representatives of classical liberalism, they supported radicalism and social liberalism. It could be said that it was a group positioned in the center or center-leftwhich promotes major social reforms and personal freedoms that were not so common in past centuries.
The actual Liberal Democratic Party combines the liberal tradition and social democracy. They strongly defend the principles of equality and although they align themselves with other European liberal parties, they have a position less focused on classical liberalism and their support for civil liberties. They also advocate a less centralized economy.
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