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There have been times when Tory figureheads have sounded reasonably coherent outwardly – and other moments where they have sounded animal crackers, yet were still adored by party loyalists. Currently, it's far from either of those times. Kemi Badenoch left the crowd unmoved when she addressed her conference, despite she offered the red meat of border-focused rhetoric she thought they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all woken up with a renewed sense of humanity; more that they were skeptical she’d ever be in a position to implement it. Effectively, fake vegan meat. The party dislikes such approaches. A veteran Tory reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: boisterous, energetic, but still a farewell.

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A faction is giving a fresh look at one contender, who was a firm rejection at the start of the night – but as things conclude, and other candidates has left. Another group is generating a interest around a newer MP, a recently elected representative of the 2024 intake, who looks like a countryside-based politician while filling her social media with immigration-critical posts.

Is she poised as the leader to challenge Reform, now outpolling the Conservatives by a substantial lead? Is there a word for beating your rivals by becoming exactly like them? Furthermore, should one not exist, perhaps we might use an expression from martial arts?

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It isn't necessary to examine America to know this, or consult the scholar's influential work, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy: your entire mental framework is shouting it. Moderate conservatism is the key defense resisting the radical elements.

The central argument is that representative governments persist by appeasing the “elite classes” happy. Personally, I question this as an guiding tenet. It feels as though we’ve been catering to the propertied and powerful for ages, at the detriment of other citizens, and they don't typically become adequately satisfied to cease desiring to reduce support out of disability benefits.

Yet his research isn’t a hunch, it’s an archival deep dive into the pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the interwar Germany (in parallel to the UK Tories circa 1906). Once centrist parties becomes uncertain, if it commences to pursue the rhetoric and superficial stances of the radical wing, it cedes the steering wheel.

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A key figure aligning with an influential advisor was a clear case – but extremist sympathies has become so obvious now as to overshadow all remaining Tory talking points. Where are the old-school Conservatives, who treasure continuity, conservation, legal frameworks, the pride of Britain on the global scene?

Why have we lost the progressives, who defined the country in terms of economic engines, not tension-filled environments? Don’t get me wrong, I didn't particularly support any of them too, but it’s absolutely striking how such perspectives – the one nation Tory, the reformist element – have been erased, in favour of constant vilification: of immigrants, Muslims, welfare recipients and activists.

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While discussing issues they reject. They describe rallies by 75-year-old pacifists as “festivals of animosity” and use flags – national emblems, English symbols, any item featuring a bold patriotic hues – as an open challenge to individuals doubting that complete national identity is the highest ideal a person could possibly be.

There doesn’t seem to be any natural braking system, that prompts reflection with core principles, their own hinterland, their stated objectives. Whatever provocation the political figure throws for them, they pursue. Consequently, definitely not, it isn't enjoyable to watch them implode. They are dragging social cohesion along in their decline.