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Throughout history when Conservative leaders have appeared almost sensible superficially – and different periods where they have come across as animal crackers, yet continued to be cherished by their party. This is not that situation. Kemi Badenoch left the crowd unmoved when she addressed her conference, even as she presented the divisive talking points of anti-immigration sentiment she thought they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all woken up with a revived feeling of humanity; more that they didn’t believe she’d ever be equipped to implement it. Effectively, a substitute. The party dislikes such approaches. One senior Conservative was said to label it a “themed procession”: noisy, energetic, but still a parting.

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Some are having renewed consideration at one contender, who was a hard “no” at the beginning – but as things conclude, and everyone else has departed. Others are creating a interest around Katie Lam, a young parliamentarian of the latest cohort, who presents as a traditional Conservative while filling her online profiles with border-control messaging.

Could she be the leader to counter the rival party, now leading the Tories by 20 points? Is there a word for defeating opponents by adopting their policies? Furthermore, assuming no phrase fits, maybe we can adopt a term from fighting disciplines?

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You don’t even have to examine America to understand this, or consult a prominent academic's seminal 2017 book, the historical examination: every one of your synapses is emphasizing it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall resisting the extremist factions.

His research conclusion is that political systems endure by satisfying the “wealthy and influential” happy. Personally, I question this as an guiding tenet. It seems as though we’ve been indulging the propertied and powerful for ages, at the detriment of the broader population, and they rarely appear adequately satisfied to halt efforts to reduce support out of social welfare.

However, his study goes beyond conjecture, it’s an thorough historical examination into the Weimar-era political organization during the Weimar Republic (combined with the British Conservatives circa 1906). When the mainstream right falters in conviction, when it starts to adopt the terminology and symbolic politics of the far right, it hands them the direction.

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Boris Johnson associating with a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but far-right flirtation has become so pronounced now as to overshadow all remaining Conservative messages. Whatever became of the old-school Conservatives, who treasure predictability, preservation, governing principles, the UK reputation on the global scene?

Where did they go the progressives, who portrayed the United Kingdom in terms of growth centers, not volatile situations? To be clear, I wasn’t wild about any of them too, but the contrast is dramatic how such perspectives – the inclusive conservative, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been marginalized, replaced by relentless demonisation: of migrants, Islamic communities, benefit claimants and protesters.

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And talk about issues they reject. They characterize rallies by older demonstrators as “displays of hostility” and employ symbols – national emblems, Saint George’s flags, any item featuring a vibrant national tones – as an direct confrontation to anyone who doesn’t think that complete national identity is the highest ideal a human can aspire to.

There appears to be no any natural braking system, encouraging reassessment with core principles, their traditional foundations, their original agenda. Any stick Nigel Farage throws for them, they pursue. So, no, there's no pleasure to observe their collapse. They are dragging democratic norms along in their decline.