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There have been times when Tory figureheads have appeared reasonably coherent on the surface – and alternate phases where they have come across as completely unhinged, yet were still adored by their base. This is not either of those times. One prominent Conservative left the crowd unmoved when she addressed her conference, even as she offered the provocative rhetoric of border-focused rhetoric she thought they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all woken up with a renewed sense of humanity; more that they didn’t believe she’d ever be equipped to follow through. Effectively, a substitute. Conservatives despise that. A veteran Tory apparently called it a “New Orleans funeral”: noisy, energetic, but nonetheless a parting.

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Some are having a fresh look at a particular MP, who was a hard “no” at the outset – but now it’s the end, and other candidates has left. Another group is generating a buzz around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the newest members, who appears as a traditional Conservative while wallpapering her social media with anti-migrant content.

Is she poised as the leader to challenge opposition forces, now leading the Tories by a substantial lead? Is there a word for overcoming competitors by adopting their policies? Moreover, should one not exist, perhaps we might adopt a term from combat sports?

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One need not consider overseas examples to know this, nor read a prominent academic's seminal 2017 book, the historical examination: your entire mental framework is emphasizing it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall preventing the radical elements.

The central argument is that political systems endure by keeping the “propertied and powerful” happy. I have reservations as an organising principle. It feels as though we’ve been indulging the privileged groups for decades, at the detriment of other citizens, and they rarely appear sufficiently content to cease desiring to take a bite out of public assistance.

But his analysis is not speculation, it’s an thorough historical examination into the pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the Weimar Republic (along with the British Conservatives around the early 1900s). As moderate conservatism becomes uncertain, if it commences to chase the rhetoric and superficial stances of the extremist elements, it cedes the direction.

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A key figure aligning with a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but extremist sympathies has become so pronounced now as to overshadow all remaining Conservative messages. Where are the traditional Tories, who treasure stability, tradition, governing principles, the pride of Britain on the world stage?

Where did they go the modernisers, who portrayed the country in terms of powerhouses, not powder kegs? To be clear, I wasn’t wild about both groups too, but it’s absolutely striking how such perspectives – the one nation Tory, the reformist element – have been eliminated, superseded by relentless demonisation: of immigrants, religious groups, social support users and activists.

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And talk about what they cannot stand for any more. They characterize protests by older demonstrators as “festivals of animosity” and employ symbols – union flags, English symbols, any item featuring a vibrant national tones – as an clear provocation to those questioning that total cultural alignment is the best thing a person could possibly be.

There doesn’t seem to be any natural braking system, where they check back in with core principles, their own hinterland, their original agenda. Each incentive the Reform leader presents to them, they follow. Consequently, definitely not, there's no pleasure to see their disintegration. They are dragging civil society along in their decline.