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On various occasions when party chiefs have appeared almost sensible outwardly – and different periods where they have sounded completely unhinged, yet remained popular by their base. Currently, it's far from that situation. A leading Tory didn't energize the audience when she addressed her conference, even as she threw out the provocative rhetoric of anti-immigration sentiment she thought they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all arisen with a renewed sense of humanity; instead they didn’t believe she’d ever be able to follow through. In practice, a substitute. Conservatives despise that. One senior Conservative apparently called it a “New Orleans funeral”: noisy, animated, but nonetheless a parting.

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Certain members are taking a fresh look at a particular MP, who was a hard “no” at the beginning – but now it’s the end, and rivals has left. Some are fostering a excitement around a rising star, a 34-year-old MP of the newest members, who presents as a countryside-based politician while filling her online profiles with immigration-critical posts.

Could she be the figurehead to counter opposition forces, now surpassing the Tories by 20 points? Does a term exist for overcoming competitors by becoming exactly like them? Moreover, if there isn’t, perhaps we might adopt a term from combat sports?

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It isn't necessary to look at the US to grasp this point, or reference the scholar's groundbreaking study, the historical examination: your entire mental framework is emphasizing it. Moderate conservatism is the essential firewall against the radical elements.

The central argument is that representative governments persist by keeping the “elite classes” happy. I have reservations as an guiding tenet. It feels as though we’ve been indulging the affluent and connected over generations, at the expense of the broader population, and they rarely appear sufficiently content to stop wanting to take a bite out of disability benefits.

Yet his research goes beyond conjecture, it’s an comprehensive document review into the historical German conservative group during the Weimar Republic (in parallel to the British Conservatives circa 1906). As moderate conservatism loses its confidence, as it begins to pursue the buzzwords and superficial stances of the radical wing, it cedes the control.

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The former Prime Minister aligning with Steve Bannon was one particularly egregious example – but extremist sympathies has become so evident now as to obliterate any other party narratives. Where are the established party members, who treasure stability, preservation, governing principles, the national prestige on the world stage?

Where did they go the reformers, who described the country in terms of powerhouses, not tension-filled environments? To be clear, I had reservations regarding either faction as well, but it’s absolutely striking how such perspectives – the broad-church approach, the reformist element – have been marginalized, replaced by constant vilification: of newcomers, Islamic communities, benefit claimants and activists.

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And talk about what they cannot stand for any more. They characterize protests by 75-year-old pacifists as “displays of hostility” and use flags – national emblems, patriotic icons, all objects bearing a vibrant national tones – as an direct confrontation to individuals doubting that being British through and through is the best thing a human can aspire to.

There doesn’t seem to be any inherent moderation, encouraging reassessment with fundamental beliefs, their historical context, their own plan. Whatever provocation the political figure throws for them, they follow. Consequently, definitely not, it’s not fun to observe their collapse. They are dragging democratic norms down with them.