Not all liberals are Tories

The Conservative party is a reaction to the fptp voting system. Fptp rewards popular parties and so a collectivist party such as the Labour party will do well with fptp. As a result of this those voters who seek to counter-act the Labour party must be loyal to a single party... which in the UK turns out to be the Tory party. Without fptp liberal-minded (non-socialist) voters would be able to vote for whichever party they like. It is because of the nature of the fptp voting system that non-socialist voters must be loyal to the Tories. Without fptp the Tory party would be less strong because its strength is borne of the necessity to vote for a big party. Without fptp the Tory party would be much less strong but there would be many other liberal parties each of which would be able to gain representation. Proportional representation would remove the requirement of non-socialist voters to vote for the Tory party. Without fptp the Tories would be much less strong but liberalism would be better off. The strength of the Tories under fptp is evidence of the vulnerability of the non-socialist right when using the fptp voting system. Fptp is bad for the 'right' despite the success of the Tories with this system. Fptp forces the right to aggregate around the Tories which is a sign of weakness not strength. If the right is strong (as with pr) they will be able to vote for smaller parties in the knowledge their vote will not be ignored. The strength of the Tories when using fptp is not an indication that fptp is good for the right... it is not. Fptp is bad for the right despite the success of the Tories when using this system.