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On various occasions when Conservative leaders have seemed almost sensible on the surface – and different periods where they have sounded animal crackers, yet were still adored by their party. This is not either of those times. One prominent Conservative failed to inspire attendees when she addressed her conference, even as she presented the provocative rhetoric of anti-immigration sentiment she assumed they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all woken up with a fresh awareness of humanity; instead they were skeptical she’d ever be in a position to follow through. Effectively, a substitute. Conservatives despise that. A veteran Tory reportedly described it as a “themed procession”: noisy, vigorous, but nonetheless a farewell.

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Some are having another squiz at one contender, who was a definite refusal at the start of the night – but as things conclude, and other candidates has left. Another group is generating a interest around Katie Lam, a recently elected representative of the newest members, who appears as a Shires Tory while filling her social media with immigration-critical posts.

Is she poised as the leader to challenge opposition forces, now surpassing the Tories by a substantial lead? Is there a word for defeating opponents by adopting their policies? And, should one not exist, maybe we can use an expression from combat sports?

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You don’t even have to examine America to know this, or consult a prominent academic's influential work, the historical examination: every one of your synapses is emphasizing it. Centrist right-wing parties is the essential firewall preventing the extremist factions.

His research conclusion is that democracies survive by appeasing the “propertied and powerful” happy. I’m not wild about it as an organising principle. One gets the impression as though we’ve been catering to the affluent and connected over generations, at the detriment of other citizens, and they rarely appear sufficiently content to halt efforts to make cuts out of public assistance.

Yet his research is not speculation, it’s an comprehensive document review into the pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the pre-war period (combined with the British Conservatives circa 1906). Once centrist parties loses its confidence, when it starts to pursue the terminology and superficial stances of the far right, it hands them the steering wheel.

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Boris Johnson aligning with a controversial strategist was one particularly egregious example – but radical alignment has become so evident now as to overshadow all remaining Tory talking points. What happened to the old-school Conservatives, who value continuity, preservation, the constitution, the pride of Britain on the global scene?

Why have we lost the progressives, who described the country in terms of economic engines, not tension-filled environments? To be clear, I wasn’t wild about any of them as well, but it’s absolutely striking how those worldviews – the one nation Tory, the reformist element – have been eliminated, superseded by relentless demonisation: of newcomers, Islamic communities, social support users and protesters.

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While discussing issues they reject. They characterize protests by elderly peace activists as “carnivals of hatred” and display banners – union flags, English symbols, all objects bearing a bold patriotic hues – as an open challenge to those questioning that total cultural alignment is the ultimate achievement a individual might attain.

There appears to be no any inherent moderation, where they check back in with their own values, their own hinterland, their own plan. Whatever provocation the political figure presents to them, they follow. So, no, it’s not fun to watch them implode. They’re taking civil society down with them.