tories in English

noun
1
an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
2
(in the UK) a member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
But the Liberal Democrats and the Tories did not make the breakthrough in councils they hoped for.

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1. Immigration The Tories’ Barmiest policy

2. The Tories are due to publish their manifesto tomorrow.

3. The Tories in their third term will be unstoppable.

4. No other alternative to the Tories is on offer.

5. The Tories got it absolutely on the nail.

6. Here, there were Tories, children, animals - and photo-opportunities - galore.

7. The Tories regained a seat and Jeffrey Archer punched the air.

8. 9 The Tories are currently drawing up their election manifesto.

9. The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.

10. He accused the Tories of "fanning the flames of extremism".

11. The Tories are still lagging way behind in the opinion polls.

12. 7 The Tories are due to publish their manifesto tomorrow.

13. Brexit gives the Tories a free hand to dismantle workers’ rights

14. The Cabinet reshuffle was less radical than some Tories had expected.

15. That would outrage the Tories, who would lose their last hereditary peers.

16. Tories in the region say recent royal coverage has been deplorable.

17. The Tories are concentrating their campaign in the key marginal constituencies.

18. The polls showed the Tories trailing behind the Government by 17 per cent.

19. This is difficult since the polls are so unprecedentedly ghastly for the Tories.

20. But the Tories would be unwise to harp on about Mr Kinnock's.

21. The Tories will hold a private inquest into why they were defeated.

22. The Tories found themselves outflanked by Labour on the issue of law and order.

23. Tories risk Balkanising Britain, says Hain Hélène Mulholland and agencies

24. Some Tories fondly imagine that privatisation will eliminate the need to subsidise the railways.

25. Many Tories favor recognition of the new biracial government headed by Bishop Abel Muzorewa.

26. He is now trying to pull down the house about the ears of Winchester's Tories.

27. 16 Three published polls all revealed the Lib Dems gaining ground at the Tories' expense.

28. After the Parliamentary elections of 1690, William began to favour the Tories, led by Danby and Nottingham.

29. The Tories regard it as an aberration that would be catastrophic for Britain's system of government.

30. Fortunately the Tories have bought a breathing space in which to sort out their policies. Sentencedict.com

31. That ignominious experience led the Tories to adopt inflation targeting, which has transformed Britain's macroeconomic performance.

32. 24 The Tories' period of opposition was partly spent contemplating a future showdown with the miners.

33. 26 Certainly the late swing towards the Tories suggests an unwillingness to see Kinnock as prime minister.

34. Labour should do it now and defy the Tories to defend the buying of votes by plutocrats.

35. Synonyms for Archconservatives include conservatives, reactionaries, rightists, traditionalists, paleoconservatives, Tories, right-wingers, diehards, stick-in-the-muds and conventionalists

36. Senior Tories who dismissed the tax guarantee as a hostage to fortune will feel vindicated by Mr Hague's backdown.

37. 12 Rather than compromise on welfare payments, they were prepared to resign and leave social butchery to the Tories.

38. 10 The Tories have also put on their blinkers, choosing fewer candidates from working-class origin and fewer Etonians.

39. But for most Tories, excluding a minority who thought he was too soft, this budget was welcome relief.

40. As for his would-be assassin, the Tories took turns yesterday to plunge the knife into Mr Lamont.

41. If the Tories are seeking to portray Mr Brown as a spendthrift, they are almost certain to fail.

42. There were larger numbers of Whig and Tories who found the pull of Court strong enough to override party loyalty.

43. Indeed, most Tories sought to distance themselves from the actions of their own supporters amongst the rank and file.

44. Nevertheless the Tories did have established methods for ensuring co-ordination between the high command and the rank and file.

45. In October last year, I said that the Tories needed to be "Blunter" - meaning that they needed to cut the waffle, and come up with some catchy phrases to counter those which Brown repeats ad nauseam.The Tories still need some catchier phrases

46. If the Tories were to form the next government then Chris Patten would be found a seat, if necessary.

47. The Tories, led by the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, were opposed to Catholic emancipation, while the Whigs supported it.

48. He formed the Westminster Review and convinced radicals, opposed to both the Whigs and Tories, to join the Benthamite movement

49. 27 The Tories are proud of the way they let the building societies wrestle the banks for customers, and viceversa.

50. With the Tories bitterly divided, Wellington was defeated in the House of Commons in November, and Lord Grey formed a government.