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There have been times when Conservative leaders have sounded moderately rational on the surface – and different periods where they have sounded wildly irrational, yet continued to be cherished by their base. Currently, it's far from either of those times. A leading Tory left the crowd unmoved when she presented to her conference, despite she presented the divisive talking points of border-focused rhetoric she assumed they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all awakened with a fresh awareness of humanity; instead they lacked faith she’d ever be able to implement it. It was, fake vegan meat. Tories hate that. An influential party member reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: loud, energetic, but ultimately a goodbye.

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A faction is giving another squiz at Robert Jenrick, who was a definite refusal at the outset – but now it’s the end, and other candidates has withdrawn. Others are creating a excitement around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the latest cohort, who appears as a traditional Conservative while filling her online profiles with immigration-critical posts.

Might she become the leader to counter Reform, now surpassing the incumbents by a significant margin? Can we describe for beating your rivals by adopting their policies? Furthermore, if there isn’t, perhaps we might adopt a term from fighting disciplines?

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It isn't necessary to examine America to know this, nor read the scholar's groundbreaking study, his analysis of political systems: your entire mental framework is emphasizing it. Centrist right-wing parties is the crucial barrier against the extremist factions.

His research conclusion is that representative governments persist by appeasing the “wealthy and influential” happy. I have reservations as an organising principle. It seems as though we’ve been catering to the affluent and connected over generations, at the cost of the broader population, and they rarely appear sufficiently content to stop wanting to reduce support out of disability benefits.

But his analysis isn’t a hunch, it’s an thorough historical examination into the Weimar-era political organization during the Weimar Republic (in parallel to the England's ruling party circa 1906). When the mainstream right falters in conviction, if it commences to pursue the terminology and gesture-based policies of the extremist elements, it cedes the steering wheel.

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A key figure cosying up to Steve Bannon was one particularly egregious example – but extremist sympathies has become so evident now as to eliminate competing Tory talking points. Where are the traditional Tories, who value stability, tradition, governing principles, the national prestige on the world stage?

Why have we lost the reformers, who defined the country in terms of economic engines, not volatile situations? Let me emphasize, I had reservations regarding any of them too, but it's remarkably noticeable how those worldviews – the one nation Tory, the modernizing wing – have been erased, replaced by constant vilification: of migrants, Muslims, benefit claimants and activists.

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Emphasizing what they cannot stand for any more. They characterize rallies by older demonstrators as “festivals of animosity” and use flags – British flags, Saint George’s flags, all objects bearing a splash of matadorial colour – as an clear provocation to those questioning that complete national identity is the highest ideal a human can aspire to.

There doesn’t seem to be any natural braking system, encouraging reassessment with their own values, their own hinterland, their stated objectives. Whatever provocation the political figure throws for them, they pursue. Therefore, definitely not, it isn't enjoyable to see their disintegration. They are pulling social cohesion down with them.