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There have been times when party chiefs have sounded moderately rational on the surface – and alternate phases where they have come across as animal crackers, yet were still adored by their base. We are not in either of those times. One prominent Conservative didn't energize the audience when she presented to her conference, while she presented the divisive talking points of anti-immigration sentiment she assumed they wanted.

It’s not so much that they’d all arisen with a fresh awareness of humanity; instead they didn’t believe she’d ever be in a position to follow through. Effectively, a substitute. Conservatives despise that. One senior Conservative reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: noisy, vigorous, but nonetheless a farewell.

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Certain members are taking another squiz at Robert Jenrick, who was a hard “no” at the beginning – but with proceedings winding down, and everyone else has withdrawn. Others are creating a excitement around Katie Lam, a 34-year-old MP of the newest members, who looks like a traditional Conservative while filling her online profiles with immigration-critical posts.

Could she be the figurehead to beat back opposition forces, now surpassing the incumbents by a substantial lead? Is there a word for overcoming competitors by mirroring their stance? Furthermore, should one not exist, perhaps we might adopt a term from martial arts?

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You don’t even have to examine America to grasp this point, or consult a prominent academic's seminal 2017 book, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy: every one of your synapses is screaming it. Moderate conservatism is the key defense preventing the far right.

The central argument is that political systems endure by satisfying the “propertied and powerful” happy. I have reservations as an fundamental rule. One gets the impression as though we’ve been indulging the propertied and powerful over generations, at the cost of other citizens, and they don't typically become sufficiently content to halt efforts to reduce support out of public assistance.

Yet his research is not speculation, it’s an thorough historical examination into the Weimar-era political organization during the pre-war period (along with the British Conservatives in that historical context). Once centrist parties loses its confidence, if it commences to pursue the terminology and superficial stances of the radical wing, it cedes the control.

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A key figure associating with Steve Bannon was a clear case – but far-right flirtation has become so pronounced now as to overshadow all remaining party narratives. Where are the traditional Tories, who prize continuity, tradition, the constitution, the national prestige on the international platform?

Why have we lost the reformers, who described the United Kingdom in terms of powerhouses, not volatile situations? Let me emphasize, I didn't particularly support any of them either, but it's remarkably noticeable how those worldviews – the one nation Tory, the modernizing wing – have been erased, superseded by relentless demonisation: of migrants, Muslims, welfare recipients and activists.

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While discussing what they cannot stand for any more. They describe rallies by 75-year-old pacifists as “carnivals of hatred” and use flags – British flags, Saint George’s flags, any item featuring a vibrant national tones – as an direct confrontation to those questioning that complete national identity is the highest ideal a human can aspire to.

There doesn’t seem to be any built-in restraint, that prompts reflection with core principles, their own hinterland, their own plan. Any stick Nigel Farage throws for them, they pursue. So, no, it’s not fun to observe their collapse. They are pulling social cohesion into the abyss.