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On various occasions when Conservative leaders have appeared reasonably coherent superficially – and other moments where they have sounded completely unhinged, yet were still adored by their party. Currently, it's far from either of those times. A leading Tory didn't energize the audience when she presented to her conference, even as she presented the divisive talking points of migrant-baiting she thought they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all arisen with a revived feeling of humanity; rather they didn’t believe she’d ever be equipped to deliver it. In practice, fake vegan meat. Tories hate that. One senior Conservative reportedly described it as a “jazz funeral”: noisy, animated, but nonetheless a farewell.

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A faction is giving another squiz at Robert Jenrick, who was a hard “no” at the start of the night – but with proceedings winding down, and everyone else has left. Others are creating a excitement around a rising star, a young parliamentarian of the 2024 intake, who looks like a countryside-based politician while wallpapering her online profiles with anti-migrant content.

Is she poised as the standard-bearer to beat back Reform, now outpolling the Tories by a significant margin? Does a term exist for beating your rivals by mirroring their stance? Furthermore, should one not exist, maybe we can adopt a term from martial arts?

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You don’t even have to examine America to understand this, nor read Daniel Ziblatt’s influential work, the historical examination: all your cognitive processes is shouting it. The mainstream right is the essential firewall resisting the extremist factions.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that representative governments persist by keeping the “wealthy and influential” happy. I’m not wild about it as an guiding tenet. It seems as though we’ve been keeping the propertied and powerful over generations, at the expense of the broader population, and they don't typically become adequately satisfied to cease desiring to take a bite out of social welfare.

But his analysis goes beyond conjecture, it’s an thorough historical examination into the historical German conservative group during the pre-war period (along with the British Conservatives in that historical context). When the mainstream right loses its confidence, if it commences to adopt the rhetoric and superficial stances of the extremist elements, it transfers the steering wheel.

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Boris Johnson cosying up to a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but far-right flirtation has become so evident now as to overshadow all remaining Tory talking points. Where are the old-school Conservatives, who value predictability, tradition, governing principles, the UK reputation on the international platform?

What happened to the progressives, who portrayed the United Kingdom in terms of growth centers, not tension-filled environments? Let me emphasize, I wasn’t wild about either faction as well, but the contrast is dramatic how those worldviews – the inclusive conservative, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been erased, in favour of ongoing scapegoating: of immigrants, Muslims, benefit claimants and activists.

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Emphasizing what they cannot stand for any more. They describe rallies by elderly peace activists as “displays of hostility” and employ symbols – union flags, patriotic icons, any item featuring a vibrant national tones – as an clear provocation to individuals doubting that being British through and through is the ultimate achievement a person could possibly be.

There doesn’t seem to be any inherent moderation, that prompts reflection with their own values, their historical context, their original agenda. Whatever provocation Nigel Farage offers them, they’ll chase. Therefore, definitely not, it’s not fun to watch them implode. They are dragging social cohesion along in their decline.