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There have been times when Tory figureheads have seemed moderately rational superficially – and other moments where they have come across as animal crackers, yet remained popular by their base. This is not either of those times. Kemi Badenoch failed to inspire attendees when she spoke at her conference, despite she threw out the red meat of migrant-baiting she assumed they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all awakened with a revived feeling of humanity; instead they were skeptical she’d ever be able to follow through. Effectively, an imitation. Conservatives despise that. An influential party member was said to label it a “themed procession”: boisterous, animated, but ultimately a parting.

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Some are having a fresh look at Robert Jenrick, who was a definite refusal at the beginning – but with proceedings winding down, and everyone else has withdrawn. Others are creating a excitement around a newer MP, a recently elected representative of the 2024 intake, who presents as a traditional Conservative while wallpapering her online profiles with border-control messaging.

Could she be the figurehead to counter opposition forces, now leading the incumbents by a substantial lead? Can we describe for defeating opponents by becoming exactly like them? Furthermore, assuming no phrase fits, maybe we can borrow one from martial arts?

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You don’t even have to look at the US to understand this, or reference Daniel Ziblatt’s seminal 2017 book, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy: every one of your synapses is shouting it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall preventing the extremist factions.

The central argument is that democracies survive by keeping the “propertied and powerful” happy. I’m not wild about it as an fundamental rule. It seems as though we’ve been keeping the affluent and connected for decades, at the detriment of everyone else, and they don't typically become sufficiently content to halt efforts to reduce support out of disability benefits.

However, his study isn’t a hunch, it’s an comprehensive document review into the Weimar-era political organization during the Weimar Republic (in parallel to the British Conservatives around the early 1900s). As moderate conservatism falters in conviction, as it begins to chase the terminology and gesture-based policies of the far right, it cedes the control.

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The former Prime Minister associating with an influential advisor was a clear case – but extremist sympathies has become so pronounced now as to overshadow all remaining Conservative messages. Where are the traditional Tories, who value stability, conservation, legal frameworks, the UK reputation on the global scene?

Where did they go the progressives, who portrayed the country in terms of economic engines, not powder kegs? To be clear, I had reservations regarding both groups as well, but it's remarkably noticeable how these ideologies – the inclusive conservative, the modernizing wing – have been marginalized, superseded by ongoing scapegoating: of immigrants, Muslims, social support users and protesters.

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And talk about what they cannot stand for any more. They describe rallies by older demonstrators as “festivals of animosity” and display banners – national emblems, English symbols, any item featuring a bold patriotic hues – as an direct confrontation to anyone who doesn’t think that complete national identity is the ultimate achievement a person could possibly be.

There appears to be no any inherent moderation, that prompts reflection with core principles, their own hinterland, their own plan. Any stick the Reform leader offers them, they’ll chase. Therefore, absolutely not, it isn't enjoyable to watch them implode. They’re taking democratic norms along in their decline.