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Throughout history when Conservative leaders have seemed reasonably coherent superficially – and different periods where they have come across as animal crackers, yet continued to be cherished by party loyalists. We are not in such a scenario. Kemi Badenoch left the crowd unmoved when she spoke at her conference, while she threw out the divisive talking points of migrant-baiting she believed they wanted.

It’s not so much that they’d all arisen with a revived feeling of humanity; instead they lacked faith she’d ever be in a position to deliver it. Effectively, an imitation. Conservatives despise that. One senior Conservative reportedly described it as a “themed procession”: noisy, energetic, but ultimately a parting.

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Certain members are taking renewed consideration at a particular MP, who was a definite refusal at the outset – but now it’s the end, and everyone else has left. Another group is generating a interest around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the newest members, who presents as a countryside-based politician while wallpapering her socials with border-control messaging.

Is she poised as the leader to counter opposition forces, now outpolling the incumbents by 20 points? Does a term exist for overcoming competitors by becoming exactly like them? Moreover, if there isn’t, perhaps we might use an expression from combat sports?

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You don’t even have to look at the US to know this, nor read Daniel Ziblatt’s influential work, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy: all your cognitive processes is shouting it. Centrist right-wing parties is the key defense against the radical elements.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that democracies survive by keeping the “elite classes” happy. Personally, I question this as an organising principle. One gets the impression as though we’ve been catering to the privileged groups for ages, at the expense 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 archival deep dive into the Weimar-era political organization during the interwar Germany (combined with the UK Tories in that historical context). Once centrist parties becomes uncertain, if it commences to adopt the rhetoric and superficial stances of the far right, it hands them the direction.

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A key figure aligning with a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but radical alignment has become so obvious now as to obliterate any other Conservative messages. Whatever became of the traditional Tories, who treasure predictability, tradition, the constitution, the pride of Britain on the international platform?

What happened to the reformers, who portrayed the nation in terms of powerhouses, not powder kegs? Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t wild about both groups as well, but it's remarkably noticeable how these ideologies – the one nation Tory, the modernizing wing – have been marginalized, superseded by relentless demonisation: of migrants, religious groups, benefit claimants and demonstrators.

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And talk about what they cannot stand for any more. They portray demonstrations by elderly peace activists as “festivals of animosity” and use flags – national emblems, patriotic icons, anything with a vibrant national tones – as an direct confrontation 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, encouraging reassessment with core principles, their own hinterland, their original agenda. Each incentive the Reform leader presents to them, they’ll chase. Therefore, absolutely not, it isn't enjoyable to watch them implode. They are dragging democratic norms into the abyss.