Brits can be hard to read sometimes. I’ve had friends from the UK who seem to reflexively swear hatred for anything Tory - but if you get them discussing their own core beliefs they are definitely conservative.
that’s because the tories aren’t conservative as we understand it. thatcher was for a limited amount of economic freedom but didn’t care too much for real civil liberties like the 2A, in fact she banned civilian ownership of all centerfire semi auto rifles and shotguns in 1988.