How 'conservative' is the Conservative Party?

This is a very common question asked in the ideologies part of the A-level course. It is essential to gain a knowledge of what conservatism actually is as an ideology and then to compare this to the state of the modern Conservative Party. The tutee should get an understanding that conservatism isn't really a coherent ideology with core sets of things that make a thing conservative much like socialism does. There are different strands of conservatism such as neoliberal Thatcherism, paternalistic Disraeli conservatism, Peelism and High Toryism. It is therefore essential to work backwards and look at what the modern Conservative Party believes in right now and to compare it strands of conservatism. Currently, it is difficult to pinpoint what the Conservative Party actually stands for. It would be difficult to classify the party as Thatcherite in nature as the government is currently in the process of raising taxes(indirectly) and increasing government spending. It would be difficult to classify the Party as paternalistic in the Disraellian sense as they have abandoned Cameron's Big Society initiative and have abandoned talking about society as a coherent sense. It is also difficult to classify the Party as High Tory as there is a reluctance to talk about things such as Christianity and family values. In truth, it is probably safer to label the Conservative Party as a Party that is Blairite in outlook and policy. Brexit, aside, which is something that can be argued to be a politically neutral thing, the Party looks remarkably Blairite and pursues a clear policy of triangulation between those on the right and left.