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On various occasions when Conservative leaders have seemed moderately rational superficially – and different periods where they have sounded completely unhinged, yet continued to be cherished by party loyalists. We are not in such a scenario. One prominent Conservative left the crowd unmoved when she addressed her conference, while she presented the divisive talking points of anti-immigration sentiment she thought they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all woken up with a revived feeling of humanity; instead they were skeptical she’d ever be able to deliver it. It was, an imitation. The party dislikes such approaches. One senior Conservative apparently called it a “New Orleans funeral”: boisterous, animated, but still a farewell.

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A faction is giving renewed consideration at one contender, who was a firm rejection at the start of the night – but as things conclude, and rivals has left. Others are creating a buzz around Katie Lam, a 34-year-old MP of the newest members, who presents as a countryside-based politician while saturating her online profiles with immigration-critical posts.

Could she be the figurehead to counter the rival party, now outpolling the Tories by a substantial lead? Can we describe for beating your rivals by adopting their policies? And, if there isn’t, perhaps we might use an expression from combat sports?

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One need not consider overseas examples to understand this, nor read Daniel Ziblatt’s groundbreaking study, his analysis of political systems: all your cognitive processes is screaming it. Centrist right-wing parties is the essential firewall against the far right.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that representative governments persist by keeping the “elite classes” happy. Personally, I question this as an guiding tenet. One gets the impression as though we’ve been keeping the affluent and connected over generations, at the cost of the broader population, and they don't typically become adequately satisfied to cease desiring to make cuts out of social welfare.

However, his study goes beyond conjecture, it’s an thorough historical examination into the historical German conservative group during the interwar Germany (along with the UK Tories circa 1906). As moderate conservatism loses its confidence, when it starts to pursue the rhetoric and gesture-based policies of the radical wing, it hands them the steering wheel.

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A key figure aligning with Steve Bannon was a clear case – but radical alignment has become so obvious now as to obliterate any other Conservative messages. What happened to the old-school Conservatives, who value predictability, preservation, legal frameworks, the pride of Britain on the international platform?

What happened to the reformers, who defined the United Kingdom in terms of powerhouses, not volatile situations? Let me emphasize, I wasn’t wild about both groups either, but it’s absolutely striking how these ideologies – the inclusive conservative, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been erased, in favour of constant vilification: of newcomers, religious groups, social support users and protesters.

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And talk about what they cannot stand for any more. They describe demonstrations by 75-year-old pacifists as “carnivals of hatred” and employ symbols – union flags, Saint George’s flags, all objects bearing a splash of matadorial colour – as an open challenge to anyone who doesn’t think that being British through and through is the highest ideal a person could possibly be.

There doesn’t seem to be any inherent moderation, that prompts reflection with fundamental beliefs, their historical context, their own plan. Whatever provocation the political figure offers them, they pursue. Therefore, no, it’s not fun to observe their collapse. They’re taking democratic norms into the abyss.