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by feldrim 1084 days ago
I believe here it is used as an adjective, not the name of a political party.
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fauigerzigerk 1084 days ago
I think it's used as a reference to the UK incarnation of a political philosophy [1], which by no means has a monopoly on promoting the serveillance state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism

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