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There have been times when Conservative leaders have seemed moderately rational outwardly – and other moments where they have come across as wildly irrational, yet continued to be cherished by party loyalists. We are not in such a scenario. Kemi Badenoch didn't energize the audience when she spoke at her conference, even as she presented the red meat of migrant-baiting she assumed they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all woken up with a revived feeling of humanity; more that they didn’t believe she’d ever be in a position to follow through. It was, fake vegan meat. Tories hate that. An influential party member was said to label it a “themed procession”: noisy, vigorous, but nonetheless a farewell.

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Certain members are taking another squiz at Robert Jenrick, who was a firm rejection at the beginning – but as things conclude, and rivals has withdrawn. Another group is generating a buzz around Katie Lam, a 34-year-old MP of the latest cohort, who appears as a traditional Conservative while saturating her socials with immigration-critical posts.

Is she poised as the leader to counter opposition forces, now leading the incumbents by a substantial lead? Can we describe for overcoming competitors by becoming exactly like them? Moreover, should one not exist, perhaps we might use an expression from combat sports?

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You don’t even have to consider overseas examples to understand this, or reference Daniel Ziblatt’s groundbreaking study, his analysis of political systems: every one of your synapses is emphasizing it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall against the far right.

The central argument is that political systems endure by keeping the “propertied and powerful” happy. I’m not wild about it as an organising principle. One gets the impression as though we’ve been indulging the propertied and powerful over generations, at the detriment of everyone else, and they don't typically become quite happy enough to halt efforts to make cuts out of disability benefits.

However, his study isn’t a hunch, it’s an archival deep dive into the Weimar-era political organization during the interwar Germany (in parallel to the England's ruling party circa 1906). When the mainstream right falters in conviction, as it begins to pursue the terminology and superficial stances of the extremist elements, it cedes the control.

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A key figure cosying up to an influential advisor was a clear case – but radical alignment has become so obvious now as to eliminate competing party narratives. Where are the traditional Tories, who treasure continuity, preservation, the constitution, the national prestige on the world stage?

Why have we lost the progressives, who defined the nation in terms of growth centers, not volatile situations? To be clear, I had reservations regarding any of them either, but it’s absolutely striking how such perspectives – the one nation Tory, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been erased, superseded by constant vilification: of immigrants, Muslims, benefit claimants and demonstrators.

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Emphasizing positions they oppose. They characterize protests by elderly peace activists as “displays of hostility” and employ symbols – union flags, patriotic icons, anything with a vibrant national tones – as an clear provocation to those questioning that total cultural alignment is the best thing a person could possibly be.

We observe an absence of any natural braking system, that prompts reflection with core principles, their traditional foundations, their stated objectives. Each incentive the political figure presents to them, they pursue. Consequently, absolutely not, it isn't enjoyable to observe their collapse. They are dragging democratic norms down with them.