Though it was Winston Churchill — a Tory prime minister and Trump favorite — who backed collective European human rights after World War II, the Conservatives argue the convention was for a different age before the mass movement of people in the 21st century.
Trump has been partial to withdrawing from various multinational bodies. He’s said he will leave the World Health Organization, the U.N. Human Rights Council and UNESCO because he believes they don’t serve U.S. interests. Despite remaining in NATO, his deeply skeptical attitude toward the multilateral alliance has reshaped global defense policy.
Scrap climate protections
The Conservative Party’s logo might be a blue tree, but it’s come a long way from former PM David Cameron hanging out with huskies.
Britain’s main opposition Conservative Party Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick gestures at the end of his speech on the third day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester. | Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Badenoch said a future Tory administration would repeal the Climate Change Act, which committed the U.K. to cutting carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Though slammed by other Conservatives, the party pledged a “cheap and reliable” strategy, which involved junking a carbon tax on electricity generators and payments to wind developers.
However, they’re not (yet) climate change deniers. Trump has called climate change a hoax, waving goodbye to the landmark Paris climate agreement and wanting the U.S. to “drill, baby, drill.” He’s also so far unsuccessfully told Labour to better utilize North Sea oil and gas just off the coast of his mother’s native Scotland. There’s still time for another U-turn!
Politicize the civil service
Every government gets wound up by the politically neutral civil service — often dubbed “the Blob.” The Conservatives have decided running Whitehall might be that bit easier if their own allies walked the corridors of power.