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There have been times when party chiefs have sounded almost sensible outwardly – and alternate phases where they have come across as completely unhinged, yet were still adored by party loyalists. We are not in either of those times. A leading Tory failed to inspire attendees when she presented to her conference, while she offered the divisive talking points of migrant-baiting she believed they wanted.

It’s not so much that they’d all awakened with a fresh awareness of humanity; more that they lacked faith she’d ever be able to deliver it. In practice, a substitute. The party dislikes such approaches. One senior Conservative was said to label it a “New Orleans funeral”: boisterous, energetic, but nonetheless a goodbye.

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A faction is giving renewed consideration at a particular MP, who was a definite refusal at the start of the night – but now it’s the end, and rivals has left. Others are creating a buzz around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the 2024 intake, who appears as a countryside-based politician while saturating her social media with anti-migrant content.

Is she poised as the leader to challenge Reform, now leading the incumbents by a substantial lead? Does a term exist for overcoming competitors by mirroring their stance? Moreover, should one not exist, maybe we can adopt a term from combat sports?

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You don’t even have to look at the US to know this, or consult a prominent academic's groundbreaking study, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy: every one of your synapses is shouting it. The mainstream right is the key defense preventing the extremist factions.

His research conclusion is that democracies survive by satisfying the “elite classes” happy. Personally, I question this as an organising principle. It feels as though we’ve been keeping the affluent and connected for decades, at the detriment of the broader population, and they don't typically become quite happy enough to stop wanting to make cuts out of public assistance.

But his analysis goes beyond conjecture, it’s an archival deep dive into the historical German conservative group during the pre-war period (combined with the UK Tories in that historical context). Once centrist parties loses its confidence, as it begins to pursue the terminology and symbolic politics of the radical wing, it cedes the steering wheel.

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Boris Johnson associating with a controversial strategist was one particularly egregious example – but radical alignment has become so pronounced now as to overshadow all remaining Tory talking points. What happened to the established party members, who prize predictability, conservation, the constitution, the UK reputation on the global scene?

What happened to the progressives, who described the United Kingdom in terms of economic engines, not volatile situations? Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t wild about any of them too, but it's remarkably noticeable how these ideologies – the inclusive conservative, the reformist element – have been eliminated, in favour of relentless demonisation: of migrants, Islamic communities, social support users and protesters.

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While discussing issues they reject. They describe demonstrations by 75-year-old pacifists as “displays of hostility” and display banners – British flags, English symbols, anything with a bold patriotic hues – as an direct confrontation to anyone who doesn’t think that being British through and through is the ultimate achievement a human can aspire to.

We observe an absence of any built-in restraint, that prompts reflection with fundamental beliefs, their traditional foundations, their stated objectives. Each incentive the political figure offers them, they pursue. So, definitely not, it isn't enjoyable to watch them implode. They are dragging civil society along in their decline.