Wets and dries
Faction in the British Conservative Party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Wets" and "dries" redirect here. For supporters and opponents of prohibition, see Prohibition in the United States. For the name, see Dries (given name).
Wets and dries are British political terms that refer to opposing factions within the Conservative Party. The terms originated in the 1980s during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher: those who opposed some of Thatcher's more hard-line policies were often referred to by their opponents as "wets"; in response, supporters of Thatcher were referred to as "dries".