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On various occasions when party chiefs have appeared reasonably coherent outwardly – and other moments where they have sounded completely unhinged, yet were still adored by party loyalists. This is not that situation. One prominent Conservative failed to inspire attendees when she addressed her conference, while she offered the red meat of migrant-baiting she believed they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all arisen with a fresh awareness of humanity; more that they lacked faith she’d ever be able to implement it. Effectively, a substitute. Conservatives despise that. One senior Conservative reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: noisy, vigorous, but ultimately a parting.

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Certain members are taking another squiz at a particular MP, who was a hard “no” at the beginning – but now it’s the end, and everyone else has departed. Some are fostering a excitement around Katie Lam, a recently elected representative of the latest cohort, who appears as a countryside-based politician while saturating her social media with immigration-critical posts.

Is she poised as the leader to counter the rival party, now surpassing the incumbents by a substantial lead? Is there a word for defeating opponents by mirroring their stance? Moreover, assuming no phrase fits, maybe we can adopt a term from fighting disciplines?

When Finding Satisfaction In Any of This, in a How-the-Mighty-Are-Fallen Way, in a Just-Deserts Way, It's Comprehensible – However Completely Irrational

You don’t even have to look at the US to grasp this point, or reference the scholar's seminal 2017 book, his analysis of political systems: every one of your synapses is screaming it. Moderate conservatism is the crucial barrier resisting the radical elements.

His research conclusion is that democracies survive by satisfying the “propertied and powerful” happy. I’m not wild about it as an fundamental rule. It seems as though we’ve been keeping the propertied and powerful for decades, at the cost of other citizens, and they never seem quite happy enough to halt efforts to make cuts out of public assistance.

But his analysis is not speculation, it’s an comprehensive document review into the pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the interwar Germany (in parallel to the UK Tories in that historical context). As moderate conservatism becomes uncertain, as it begins to chase the buzzwords and symbolic politics of the radical wing, it hands them the direction.

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Boris Johnson aligning with a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but far-right flirtation has become so obvious now as to overshadow all remaining Conservative messages. What happened to the traditional Tories, who treasure continuity, conservation, the constitution, the national prestige on the world stage?

What happened to the modernisers, who portrayed the nation in terms of growth centers, not powder kegs? Let me emphasize, I didn't particularly support both groups either, but it's remarkably noticeable how those worldviews – the broad-church approach, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been erased, replaced by relentless demonisation: of migrants, Islamic communities, social support users and demonstrators.

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Emphasizing positions they oppose. They portray rallies by 75-year-old pacifists as “festivals of animosity” and display banners – national emblems, Saint George’s flags, any item featuring a vibrant national tones – as an clear provocation to individuals doubting that being British through and through is the best thing a human can aspire to.

We observe an absence of any built-in restraint, that prompts reflection with their own values, their traditional foundations, their stated objectives. Each incentive the political figure presents to them, they pursue. Therefore, definitely not, it’s not fun to see their disintegration. They are dragging civil society into the abyss.