[Tloewald]

The economist is conservative, back when that word meant something other than reactionary, but that's been a long time.

[pcrh]

It's politics are old-fashioned Tory politics, i.e. maintaining the health and education of the workers is good policy for industrialists and landowners.

The workers, and everyone one else should otherwise be allowed to live their lives as freely as possible, as long as they don't try to usurp the gentry.

[Tloewald]

I think that's a bit unfair. The Tories were and are socially conservative.