--- title: "1 Conservative-party-uk Quotes By G.M.W. Wemyss" description: "1 Conservative-party-uk quotes by G.M.W. Wemyss. Plus more from G.M.W. Wemyss and more Conservative-party-uk sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/g-m-w-wemyss-29518_conservatism_there-are-two-primary-strains-in-the-con_1083538.jpg" --- > [“There are two primary strains in the Conservative Party: grocers, and grandees. … By ‘grandees’ and ‘grocers’, I am not referring to social class or any of that; nor do I refer to the Worshipful Company of Grocers, all cloves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/there-are-two-primary-strains-in-the-conservative-party-grocers-and/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/g-m-w-wemyss-29518_conservatism_there-are-two-primary-strains-in-the-con_1083538.jpg) ## More by G.M.W. Wemyss > [“In East Sussex, let us say, an old farm sleeps in sun-dapple, its oast-house with its cowls echoing the distant steeple of SS Andrew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/in-east-sussex-let-us-say-an-old-farm-sleeps-in-sun-dapple-its-oast/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“Arcady, like Death its denizen with us, is all around us, if we – stalled beasts who want to be set forth – but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/arcady-like-death-its-denizen-with-us-is-all-around-us-if-we-stalled/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“At all times and in all places, in season and out of season, time is now and England, place is now and England; past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/at-all-times-and-in-all-places-in-season-and-out-of-season-time-is/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [ “Sixty-five years ago \[written 2009\], in a brief lull between storms in a remarkably stormy June, even by the standards of Channel weather, the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/sixty-five-years-ago-written-2009-in-a-brief-lull-between-storms-in-a/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“The American share of the crisis began with grossly improper mortgages provided to wholly unqualified borrowers, all directly caused and encouraged by government distortion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/the-american-share-of-the-crisis-began-with-grossly-improper/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“There are two primary strains in the Conservative Party: grocers, and grandees. … By ‘grandees’ and ‘grocers’, I am not referring to social class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/there-are-two-primary-strains-in-the-conservative-party-grocers-and/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“… the countryside and the village are symbols of stability and security, of order. Yet they are also, as I have noted, liminal spaces,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/the-countryside-and-the-village-are-symbols-of-stability-and-security/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“When does the year begin? Well: that rather depends: on who you are, and where. The Church kalendar – like the academic, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/when-does-the-year-begin-well-that-rather-depends-on-who-you-are-and/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“Note, please, that I condemn only junk science (as does Mr Delingpole): this is in fact a measure of my, and his, regard for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/note-please-that-i-condemn-only-junk-science-as-does-mr-delingpole/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“The Hitler War was my grandfather’s war; my father’s war – his and Uncle George’s – was Korea, which may have been just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/the-hitler-war-was-my-grandfather-s-war-my-father-s-war-his-and-uncle/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“Or awa’ upon Islay, in January, the wind was honed to a cutting edge across the queer flatness of Loch Gorm and the strand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/or-awa-upon-islay-in-january-the-wind-was-honed-to-a-cutting-edge/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“We live, all of us, in sprung rhythm. Even in cities, folk stir without knowing it to the surge in the blood that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/we-live-all-of-us-in-sprung-rhythm-even-in-cities-folk-stir-without/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“Loth as one is to agree with CP Snow about almost anything, there are two cultures; and this is rather a problem. (Looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/loth-as-one-is-to-agree-with-cp-snow-about-almost-anything-there-are/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [“The late American golfing coach and writer, Harvey Penick, held that any who played golf was his friend – in the politer sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/the-late-american-golfing-coach-and-writer-harvey-penick-held-that/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) > [ “Thirty years ago \[written 2009\], over-regulation, over-taxation, mis-regulation, statism, state corporatism, and economic folly, cosiness and regulatory capture, and a crescent ideological enemy without,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-w-wemyss/thirty-years-ago-written-2009-over-regulation-over-taxation-mis/) [G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-m-w-wemyss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservative-party-uk/g-m-w-wemyss/#itemlist", "name": "1 Conservative-party-uk Quotes By G.M.W. 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The second is that these principles – or instincts, as one can hardly call them principles – however different they may be to the fiercely held maxims of Labour old and new, lead in the end to the same statist solutions as those the Left proposes, and to accepting and ‘managing’ statism when a Conservative government succeeds a Labour one. It is the grocers who will always and rightly attempt to roll back the State and its reach in favour of liberty.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "G.M.W. 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