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Throughout history when Tory figureheads have seemed reasonably coherent on the surface – and other moments where they have come across as wildly irrational, yet continued to be cherished by their base. Currently, it's far from that situation. One prominent Conservative failed to inspire attendees when she presented to her conference, even as she threw out the divisive talking points of border-focused rhetoric she thought they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all awakened with a revived feeling of humanity; rather they didn’t believe she’d ever be equipped to implement it. Effectively, fake vegan meat. Tories hate that. An influential party member reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: loud, energetic, but ultimately a parting.

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Certain members are taking another squiz at Robert Jenrick, who was a hard “no” at the outset – but now it’s the end, and everyone else has withdrawn. Others are creating a interest around Katie Lam, a recently elected representative of the 2024 intake, who presents as a countryside-based politician while wallpapering her online profiles with anti-migrant content.

Could she be the standard-bearer to counter opposition forces, now leading the Conservatives by 20 points? Does a term exist for defeating opponents by adopting their policies? Furthermore, assuming no phrase fits, maybe we can borrow one from martial arts?

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You don’t even have to examine America to understand this, or reference Daniel Ziblatt’s seminal 2017 book, his analysis of political systems: every one of your synapses is emphasizing it. The mainstream right is the essential firewall against the extremist factions.

His research conclusion is that political systems endure by keeping the “elite classes” happy. Personally, I question this as an fundamental rule. It feels as though we’ve been indulging the propertied and powerful for decades, at the expense of other citizens, and they never seem adequately satisfied to stop wanting to take a bite out of social welfare.

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 (combined with the England's ruling party circa 1906). Once centrist parties falters in conviction, when it starts to pursue the rhetoric and superficial stances of the far right, it transfers the direction.

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The former Prime Minister cosying up to a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but radical alignment has become so evident now as to obliterate any other party narratives. What happened to the established party members, who value continuity, tradition, the constitution, the national prestige on the world stage?

Why have we lost the reformers, who defined the nation in terms of powerhouses, not tension-filled environments? Don’t get me wrong, I didn't particularly support both groups as well, but it's remarkably noticeable how these ideologies – the one nation Tory, the modernizing wing – have been erased, replaced by ongoing scapegoating: of migrants, Muslims, benefit claimants and activists.

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And talk about positions they oppose. They characterize protests by older demonstrators as “carnivals of hatred” and employ symbols – British flags, English symbols, anything with a bold patriotic hues – as an direct confrontation to individuals doubting that total cultural alignment is the best thing a individual might attain.

We observe an absence of any natural braking system, where they check back in with fundamental beliefs, their historical context, their own plan. Each incentive the political figure presents to them, they follow. So, definitely not, there's no pleasure to observe their collapse. They are dragging democratic norms along in their decline.