... to defending individual rights. This may seem a totally contradiction, as it would seem barely possible to be an advocator for one and a follower of the other, so differing are both aspects. But it is possible, as the New Right movement of the 1980s and 90s proved, as both philosophies were married under the title, and were combined to form a 'free economy and the strong state'. The New Right grew out of the collapse of the post war consensus in the UK but was part of a wider international revival of 19th century classical liberal economics and conservatism. The approach is based on the ideas of people like Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek, both supporters of the use of free market solutions to social problems. In the words of Margaret Thatcher, 'you can't buck the market'. It draws on classical liberal thinkers such as J S Mill and Bentham. ...

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