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There have been times when Tory figureheads have sounded reasonably coherent outwardly – and alternate phases where they have sounded animal crackers, yet remained popular by their party. This is not either of those times. Kemi Badenoch failed to inspire attendees when she presented to her conference, even as she threw out the provocative rhetoric of border-focused rhetoric she assumed they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all awakened with a revived feeling of humanity; instead they didn’t believe she’d ever be in a position to follow through. It was, a substitute. Conservatives despise that. One senior Conservative reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: boisterous, vigorous, but ultimately a goodbye.

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Some are having another squiz at a particular MP, who was a hard “no” at the outset – but now it’s the end, and other candidates has left. Another group is generating a buzz around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the 2024 intake, who appears as a Shires Tory while wallpapering her social media with immigration-critical posts.

Could she be the figurehead to challenge the rival party, now surpassing the Tories by 20 points? Is there a word for overcoming competitors by mirroring their stance? Moreover, assuming no phrase fits, surely we could adopt a term from martial arts?

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You don’t even have to look at the US to know this, or consult the scholar's seminal 2017 book, the historical examination: your entire mental framework is shouting it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall resisting the radical elements.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that democracies survive by satisfying the “elite classes” happy. I have reservations as an guiding tenet. It feels as though we’ve been indulging the affluent and connected for decades, at the detriment of other citizens, and they don't typically become adequately satisfied to stop wanting to make cuts out of public assistance.

However, his study goes beyond conjecture, it’s an thorough historical examination into the pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the Weimar Republic (combined with the England's ruling party in that historical context). As moderate conservatism falters in conviction, as it begins to chase the buzzwords and gesture-based policies of the radical wing, it cedes the control.

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The former Prime Minister cosying up to a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but radical alignment has become so pronounced now as to eliminate competing Conservative messages. What happened to the established party members, who prize stability, tradition, legal frameworks, the UK reputation on the world stage?

What happened to the progressives, who portrayed the nation in terms of growth centers, not volatile situations? To be clear, I didn't particularly support both groups either, but it's remarkably noticeable how those worldviews – the one nation Tory, the reformist element – have been eliminated, in favour of constant vilification: of migrants, religious groups, benefit claimants and demonstrators.

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While discussing positions they oppose. They describe rallies by 75-year-old pacifists as “carnivals of hatred” and display banners – union flags, Saint George’s flags, any item featuring a bold patriotic hues – as an direct confrontation 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 built-in restraint, encouraging reassessment with core principles, their historical context, their own plan. Any stick the Reform leader offers them, they pursue. Therefore, definitely not, it’s not fun to observe their collapse. They’re taking civil society along in their decline.