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On various occasions when party chiefs have sounded moderately rational on the surface – and alternate phases where they have come across as completely unhinged, yet remained popular by their base. We are not in such a scenario. One prominent Conservative left the crowd unmoved when she spoke at her conference, despite she presented the red meat of migrant-baiting she thought they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all awakened with a fresh awareness of humanity; rather they didn’t believe she’d ever be in a position to deliver it. It was, a substitute. The party dislikes such approaches. An influential party member reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: boisterous, energetic, but still a goodbye.

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Certain members are taking renewed consideration at a particular MP, who was a definite refusal at the beginning – but with proceedings winding down, and rivals has withdrawn. Others are creating a interest around Katie Lam, a young parliamentarian of the newest members, who presents as a traditional Conservative while wallpapering her socials with immigration-critical posts.

Could she be the leader to counter opposition forces, now leading the Conservatives by 20 points? Can we describe for beating your rivals by becoming exactly like them? Moreover, should one not exist, surely we could borrow one from combat sports?

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One need not look at the US to understand this, or consult Daniel Ziblatt’s influential work, his analysis of political systems: your entire mental framework is emphasizing it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall preventing the far right.

The central argument is that representative governments persist by keeping the “propertied and powerful” happy. I’m not wild about it as an guiding tenet. It feels as though we’ve been catering to the propertied and powerful for decades, at the detriment of other citizens, and they don't typically become sufficiently content to halt efforts to take a bite out of social welfare.

But his analysis is not speculation, it’s an archival deep dive into the pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the interwar Germany (combined with the England's ruling party in that historical context). Once centrist parties loses its confidence, when it starts to chase the buzzwords and symbolic politics of the far right, it cedes the steering wheel.

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A key figure aligning with a controversial strategist was a clear case – but extremist sympathies has become so obvious now as to overshadow all remaining Tory talking points. What happened to the established party members, who prize continuity, preservation, the constitution, the national prestige on the world stage?

What happened to the reformers, who described the country in terms of economic engines, not powder kegs? To be clear, I didn't particularly support any of them as well, but the contrast is dramatic how such perspectives – the broad-church approach, the modernizing wing – have been erased, in favour of constant vilification: of newcomers, religious groups, welfare recipients and demonstrators.

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And talk about what they cannot stand for any more. They characterize rallies by 75-year-old pacifists as “carnivals of hatred” and employ symbols – union flags, patriotic icons, all objects bearing a splash of matadorial colour – as an open challenge to those questioning that total cultural alignment 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 own hinterland, their stated objectives. Each incentive the Reform leader throws for them, they pursue. Therefore, definitely not, it isn't enjoyable to see their disintegration. They’re taking social cohesion along in their decline.