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On various occasions when Conservative leaders have appeared moderately rational on the surface – and different periods where they have come across as animal crackers, yet continued to be cherished by their base. Currently, it's far from that situation. Kemi Badenoch failed to inspire attendees when she presented to her conference, even as she presented the provocative rhetoric of migrant-baiting she assumed they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all woken up with a fresh awareness of humanity; instead they were skeptical she’d ever be able to follow through. Effectively, a substitute. Conservatives despise that. A veteran Tory apparently called it a “New Orleans funeral”: loud, energetic, but ultimately a parting.

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Certain members are taking renewed consideration at a particular MP, who was a hard “no” at the start of the night – but with proceedings winding down, and everyone else has left. Some are fostering a interest around Katie Lam, a young parliamentarian of the latest cohort, who presents as a countryside-based politician while saturating her social media with anti-migrant content.

Might she become the figurehead to counter opposition forces, now outpolling the Conservatives by a substantial lead? Does a term exist for defeating opponents by adopting their policies? Moreover, assuming no phrase fits, perhaps we might use an expression from martial arts?

Should You Take Pleasure In Such Events, in a Schadenfreude Way, in a Just-Deserts Way, That Is Understandable – Yet Completely Irrational

You don’t even have to look at the US to know this, nor read the scholar's groundbreaking study, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy: all your cognitive processes is screaming it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall against the extremist factions.

The central argument is that political systems endure by satisfying the “wealthy and influential” happy. I’m not wild about it as an organising principle. One gets the impression as though we’ve been indulging the propertied and powerful for decades, at the detriment of other citizens, and they never seem sufficiently content to stop wanting to make cuts out of public assistance.

Yet his research is not speculation, it’s an comprehensive document review into the Weimar-era political organization during the interwar Germany (in parallel to the British Conservatives around the early 1900s). Once centrist parties falters in conviction, as it begins to adopt the rhetoric and superficial stances of the radical wing, it cedes the steering wheel.

There Were Examples Similar Patterns Throughout the EU Exit Process

Boris Johnson aligning with a controversial strategist was a notable instance – but far-right flirtation has become so pronounced now as to overshadow all remaining Conservative messages. Where are the old-school Conservatives, who value continuity, conservation, the constitution, the UK reputation on the world stage?

What happened to the reformers, who defined the nation in terms of powerhouses, not tension-filled environments? Let me emphasize, I had reservations regarding either faction either, but the contrast is dramatic how such perspectives – the broad-church approach, the modernizing wing – have been marginalized, replaced by relentless demonisation: of immigrants, religious groups, social support users and protesters.

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While discussing issues they reject. They characterize demonstrations by elderly peace activists as “displays of hostility” and display banners – national emblems, English symbols, any item featuring a splash of matadorial colour – as an direct confrontation to those questioning that total cultural alignment is the ultimate achievement a individual might attain.

There doesn’t seem to be any built-in restraint, where they check back in with fundamental beliefs, their historical context, their stated objectives. Any stick Nigel Farage throws for them, they’ll chase. Consequently, no, it’s not fun to observe their collapse. They are pulling civil society along in their decline.