rowenna davis, another veteran blue labour contributor, lauds the british peoples’ inherent conservative desires for order, strength, stability and community, which has been ignored by the ‘modernising’ liberal forces of the political establishment. the concessions made to the free market and finance capital, davis argues, have been antithetical to true small-c conservative values. ed west elaborates this line of thought more explicitly, noting the negative consequences of the otherwise-noble new left commitment to the rights of women and sexual and racial minorities. west sees results of this progressivism as including familial breakdown, social fragmentation due to mass immigration, and the elimination of a commitment to socialism.