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This right-wing grouping is currently associated with the Cornerstone Group ( or Faith, Family, Flag ), and is the third main tradition within the Conservative Party.

The name stems from its support for three English social institutions: the Church of England, the unitary British state and the family.

To this end, they emphasise the country's Anglican heritage, oppose any transfer of power away from the United Kingdom — either downwards to the nations and regions or upwards to the European Union — and seek to place greater emphasis on traditional family structures to repair what they see as a broken society in the UK.

They are strong advocates of marriage and believe the Conservative Party should back the institution with tax breaks and have opposed Labour's alleged assault on both traditional family structures and fatherhood.

Most oppose high levels of immigration and support the lowering of the current 24 week abortion limit.

Some members in the past have expressed support for capital punishment.

Prominent MPs from this wing of the party include Andrew Rosindell, Nadine Dorries and Edward Leigh — the latter a prominent Roman Catholic, notable in a faction marked out by its support for the established Church of England.

The conservative English philosopher Roger Scruton is a representative of the intellectual wing of the Cornerstone group: his writings rarely touch on economics and instead focus on conservative perspectives concerning political, social, cultural and moral issues.