Tories vs Whigs - What's the difference?
tories | whigs |
The
* 2011 Philip Gould, "The Unfinished Revolution: How New Labour Changed British Politics":
(Canada) The or one of that party's predecessors.
An 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain, that was opposed to the Tories, and became the Liberal Party.
As nouns the difference between tories and whigs
is that tories is plural of Tory|lang=en while Whigs is plural of Whig|lang=en.As proper nouns the difference between tories and whigs
is that tories is the British Conservative PartyWhigs is an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain, that was opposed to the Tories, and became the Liberal Party.As a verb whigs is
third-person singular of whig.tories
English
Alternative forms
* toreys (archaic) * Toryes (archaic) * Torys (archaic)Noun
(head)Proper noun
(head)- Helped by massive tax increases piled on to the electorate by the Tories in their first post-election budget, we slowly began to win the battle.