The number of Conservative groups, their lack of stability, and their tendency to be identified with local issues defy simple categorization.

They have been accepted as religious holidays by the following groups: The Union of Orthodox Congregations and the Rabbinical Council of America ; The United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth ; Reform Judaism ; Conservative Judaism ; Reconstructionist Judaism ; the Union for Traditional Judaism.

Although there was no unity among the motley political groups that constituted Bennett's opposition, a consensus emerged that his handling of the economic crisis was insufficient and inappropriate, even from Conservative quarters.

A lawyer speaking for one of those groups remarked on GMTV that his strategy was to sue the government for incorrect and misleading information given at the time Railtrack was created, when John Major was Conservative Prime Minister.

According to reports, the Conservative party's links to far-right parties within Europe has caused a " host of condemnation " from Jewish groups in the US ; Ira Forman, chief executive of the National Jewish Democratic Council, stated that " There is obviously concern in the US when there is legitimacy conferred on individuals and political parties that have had some association with anti-Semitism.

The 19th century was marked by the emergence of a liberal opposition press, the abolition of guild monopolies in trade and manufacturing in favor of free enterprise, the introduction of taxation and voting reforms, the installation of a national military service, and the rise in the electorate of three major party groups — Social Democratic Party, Liberal Party, and Conservative Party.

With a broader voting franchise, the nation saw the emergence of three major party groups – Social Democrat, Liberal, and Conservative.

These denominations include the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox church, the Methodist Church, and many other mainline denominations, such as the Reformed Church in America and the American Baptist Church, as well as Conservative Evangelical organizations and churches, such as the Evangelical Alliance, and fundamentalist groups and churches, such as the Southern Baptist Convention.

In 1991 Le Pen's invite to London by Conservative MP's was militantly protested by large numbers coordinated by the Campaign Against Fascism in Europe, CAFE, which led to a surge of anti-fascist groups and activity across Europe.

The groups accepting outside influence on the practice of Judaism are known as Conservative and Reform Judaism.

For practically all Orthodox Jews ( and many Conservative Jews ) this was seen as splitting the Jewish people into two mutually incompatible groups.

Reform Judaism espouses the notion of religious pluralism ; it believes that most Jewish denominations ( including Orthodox groups and the Conservative movement ) are valid expressions of Judaism.

In light of the gathering of Jews of all ethnic groups back in the land of Israel, Masorti Jews, the Conservative movement in Israel, hold that all Jews living in Israel may safely abandon the minhag of refraining from kitniyot.

A literal Biblical interpretation is associated with the fundamentalist and evangelical hermeneutical approach to Scripture, and is used almost exclusively by conservative Christians such as Baptist, Conservative Mennonites and other similar groups.

Since then Respect gained a seat from Labour at a by-election, and in three separate groups a total of 8 Labour Councillors and one Conservative defected to Lutfur Rahman's independent group.

The Conservative movement is perceived to have lost its uniqueness as its once-path-finding ideology of tradition and change has spread to and become a bedrock assumption of the Reform, Reconstructionist and " Renewal " groups, where services use Hebrew and traditional prayers, ( often in updated versions ) where study of traditional texts is considered important, where halacha ( Jewish law ) is treated with both respect and flexibility, and where egalitarian gender practices prevail.

The Burlington Township School District received publicity in 2009 after a video posted on YouTube by a parent without school approval showed more than a dozen children at B. Bernice Young Elementary School singing a song praising President Barack Obama, which Conservative groups cited as a means of indoctrinating students to support the President.

Conservative and right-wing groups such as the John Birch Society and right wing conspiracy theorists such as Alex Jones also regularly tout this idea.

The town also has substantial Conservative Party and UKIP presences, with various other centre-right and rightist groups also represented.

The Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups then formed a governing coalition, moving Labour into opposition.

The American Jewish community of the period was experiencing a large growth in its similar policy groups ( such as the American Jewish Committee and American Jewish Congress ) and the increasing influence of the Jewish denominations on politics ( particularly from Orthodox and Conservative Jews ).

Throughout the 15-year period leading up to the creation of Zimbabwe, Ian Smith was given support in both the UK and US by various groups, including the Conservative Monday Club who organized pro-Rhodesia demonstrations outside number 10 Downing Street several times during the late 1970s, and provided Smith with a platform at several receptions and major dinners.

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Nowadays, Confirmation has gained widespread adherence among congregations affiliated with the Reform movement, but has not gained as much traction in Conservative and Orthodox Jewish groups.

After liberal regional SVP groups including Federal Councillors Widmer-Schlumpf and Samuel Schmid founded a new Conservative Democratic Party, the SVP was left in opposition for the first time since 1929, but returned into the Council with the election of Ueli Maurer on 10 December 2008, who regained the seat previously held by Schmid, who had resigned.

Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal politics, entering the House of Commons in the 1972 election and winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976.

He avoided repeating such managerial missteps as Duncan Smith's firing of David Davis as Conservative Party Chairman, and imposed discipline quickly and firmly ; he removed the party whip from Ann Winterton following her telling of a tasteless joke.

Macleod, Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1959 to 1961, was, like Butler, on the liberal wing of the Conservative party ; he was convinced, as Home was not, that Britain's colonies in Africa should have majority rule and independence as quickly as possible.

When it became clear after a few days that the joke was not going to subside, the party's official name was quickly changed to the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, but was almost always called simply " the Canadian Alliance " or " the Alliance ".

" However, this idea was quickly dismissed by Conservative Central Office.

The new Liberal Unionists quickly agreed to an electoral pact with the Conservative Party in Britain, and in Scotland this pact overcame the former electoral dominance of the Scottish Liberals.

Later, members of the Reform movement who felt that it was moving away from tradition too quickly formed the Conservative movement.

He quickly gained acclaim for his oratorical skills, and became the focal point of the Conservative Party.

The 1995 election was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, and Agostino quickly emerged as a prominent figure in the parliamentary opposition.

Conservative in background and outlook, Clayton quickly became a leader of the Adams faction which later developed into the Delaware Whig Party.

When the sitting Conservative MP for his seat died, Pitt was quickly chosen as the prospective Liberal candidate for the seat.

In 1957 Cowling was invited by the Director of the Conservative Political Centre to write a pamphlet on the Suez Crisis ; it was never published however, as the party wanted to move on from Suez as quickly as possible.

At the 1950 General Election, the Conservative Party campaigned on a manifesto of ending rationing as quickly as possible.

The one minister whose proposals may have helped Britain to recover quickly from the worst effects of the Great depression was Oswald Mosley, a former member of the Conservative Party.

In December 2005, Reid made an off-the-cuff comment that received negative press and was quickly exploited by the opposition and national press corp. Reid suggested that the Conservative plan to issue cheques to parents of children under six was ill thought out because the parents might opt to spend the money on " beer and popcorn ".

Being the sole Conservative representing a Scottish constituency, Mundell quickly gained public attention relative to newly elected MPs.

What could have been a low key visit from an unknown Czech writer quickly polarized Australian society when the Conservative Lyons government declared Kisch as " undesirable as an inhabitant of, or visitor to, the Commonwealth " and attempted to exclude Kisch from Australia.