What is Conservatism? A historical perspective – Lord Sumption @BlavatnikSchool
What is Conservatism? A historical perspective – Lord Sumption @BlavatnikSchool
Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Lord Sumption, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2012-2018), in conversation with Dr Tom Simpson, Associate Professor in Philosophy and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, as part of the series International Perspectives on Conservatism.

This event was co-organised by Dr Madeleine Armstrong, Princeton University.

Blavatnik School of Government,
University of Oxford
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What is Conservatism? A historical perspective – Lord Sumption

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