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There have been times when party chiefs have appeared reasonably coherent superficially – and different periods where they have sounded wildly irrational, yet were still adored by their party. Currently, it's far from either of those times. Kemi Badenoch didn't energize the audience when she addressed her conference, despite she offered the divisive talking points of anti-immigration sentiment she thought they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all woken up with a fresh awareness of humanity; rather they didn’t believe she’d ever be in a position to follow through. It was, fake vegan meat. Tories hate that. A veteran Tory was said to label it a “jazz funeral”: boisterous, vigorous, but nonetheless a farewell.

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Some are having another squiz at one contender, who was a hard “no” at the outset – but now it’s the end, and everyone else has withdrawn. Some are fostering a buzz around a rising star, a recently elected representative of the 2024 intake, who appears as a traditional Conservative while saturating her online profiles with anti-migrant content.

Is she poised as the standard-bearer to beat back the rival party, now leading the Conservatives by 20 points? Does a term exist for defeating opponents by adopting their policies? Moreover, assuming no phrase fits, surely we could use an expression from fighting disciplines?

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It isn't necessary to consider overseas examples to know this, or reference the scholar's seminal 2017 book, the historical examination: every one of your synapses is emphasizing it. The mainstream right is the essential firewall resisting the far right.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that representative governments persist by satisfying the “wealthy and influential” happy. Personally, I question this as an guiding tenet. It seems as though we’ve been catering to the affluent and connected for ages, at the expense of other citizens, and they rarely appear adequately satisfied to halt efforts to take a bite out of social welfare.

But his analysis isn’t a hunch, it’s an comprehensive document review into the historical German conservative group during the pre-war period (combined with the England's ruling party around the early 1900s). When the mainstream right loses its confidence, as it begins to adopt the buzzwords and gesture-based policies of the extremist elements, it hands them the direction.

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The former Prime Minister associating with a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but radical alignment has become so evident now as to eliminate competing Conservative messages. What happened to the traditional Tories, who value stability, conservation, the constitution, the UK reputation on the global scene?

Where did they go the reformers, who portrayed the United Kingdom in terms of powerhouses, not powder kegs? Let me emphasize, I didn't particularly support any of them either, but it’s absolutely striking how such perspectives – the one nation Tory, the reformist element – have been marginalized, superseded by ongoing scapegoating: of immigrants, Muslims, welfare recipients and protesters.

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While discussing what they cannot stand for any more. They describe demonstrations by elderly peace activists as “festivals of animosity” and employ symbols – union flags, Saint George’s flags, any item featuring a bold patriotic hues – as an open challenge to anyone who doesn’t think that being British through and through is the ultimate achievement a human can aspire to.

We observe an absence of any natural braking system, where they check back in with core principles, their own hinterland, their own plan. Any stick Nigel Farage presents to them, they’ll chase. Consequently, no, it’s not fun to watch them implode. They are dragging social cohesion into the abyss.