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Throughout history when Conservative leaders have sounded reasonably coherent superficially – and other moments where they have sounded animal crackers, yet remained popular by their party. Currently, it's far from such a scenario. Kemi Badenoch left the crowd unmoved when she addressed her conference, despite she offered the divisive talking points of border-focused rhetoric she thought they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all arisen with a fresh awareness of humanity; rather they were skeptical she’d ever be in a position to implement it. In practice, a substitute. Tories hate that. One senior Conservative apparently called it a “themed procession”: noisy, energetic, but still a goodbye.

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Certain members are taking another squiz at a particular MP, who was a definite refusal at the start of the night – but now it’s the end, and other candidates has withdrawn. Others are creating a excitement around a newer MP, a young parliamentarian of the latest cohort, who appears as a Shires Tory while saturating her social media with anti-migrant content.

Might she become the figurehead to beat back Reform, now surpassing the Conservatives by a substantial lead? Does a term exist for beating your rivals by mirroring their stance? And, should one not exist, maybe we can use an expression from martial arts?

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You don’t even have to look at the US to know this, or reference a prominent academic's influential work, his analysis of political systems: your entire mental framework is emphasizing it. Centrist right-wing parties is the essential firewall preventing the extremist factions.

The central argument is that democracies survive by appeasing the “wealthy and influential” happy. I’m not wild about it as an fundamental rule. It seems as though we’ve been catering to the propertied and powerful for ages, at the expense of other citizens, and they rarely appear adequately satisfied to halt efforts to make cuts out of social welfare.

But his analysis is not speculation, it’s an archival deep dive into the historical German conservative group during the pre-war period (combined with the UK Tories circa 1906). As moderate conservatism becomes uncertain, as it begins to chase the buzzwords and superficial stances of the far right, it cedes the direction.

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Boris Johnson associating with Steve Bannon was a notable instance – but extremist sympathies has become so evident now as to overshadow all remaining Tory talking points. Whatever became of the traditional Tories, who prize stability, preservation, governing principles, the pride of Britain on the international platform?

Why have we lost the progressives, who portrayed the nation in terms of growth centers, not volatile situations? To be clear, I had reservations regarding either faction too, but it's remarkably noticeable how those worldviews – the broad-church approach, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been eliminated, superseded by relentless demonisation: of newcomers, religious groups, social support users and demonstrators.

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While discussing what they cannot stand for any more. They describe demonstrations by 75-year-old pacifists as “displays of hostility” and employ symbols – union flags, English symbols, any item featuring a bold patriotic hues – as an direct confrontation to individuals doubting that being British through and through is the ultimate achievement a person could possibly be.

We observe an absence of any inherent moderation, that prompts reflection with their own values, their traditional foundations, their stated objectives. Any stick Nigel Farage presents to them, they pursue. Consequently, definitely not, it isn't enjoyable to see their disintegration. They are dragging social cohesion into the abyss.