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There have been times when Tory figureheads have sounded reasonably coherent superficially – and different periods where they have come across as animal crackers, yet were still adored by their base. We are not in such a scenario. A leading Tory didn't energize the audience when she spoke at her conference, despite 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; rather they lacked faith she’d ever be in a position to follow through. Effectively, fake vegan meat. Conservatives despise that. One senior Conservative reportedly described it as a “jazz funeral”: noisy, vigorous, but still a parting.

What Next for the Organization That Can Reasonably Claim to Make for Itself as the Most Historically Successful Political Organization in the World?

Certain members are taking renewed consideration at Robert Jenrick, who was a firm rejection at the beginning – but as things conclude, and rivals has left. Some are fostering a buzz around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the newest members, who looks like a Shires Tory while saturating her online profiles with immigration-critical posts.

Might she become the standard-bearer to beat back the rival party, now surpassing the Conservatives by a substantial lead? Is there a word for overcoming competitors by mirroring their stance? And, should one not exist, maybe we can borrow one from combat sports?

If You’re Enjoying Such Events, in a How-the-Mighty-Are-Fallen Way, in a Consequence-Based Way, One Can See Why – Yet Totally Misguided

It isn't necessary to examine America to know this, nor read Daniel Ziblatt’s influential work, his analysis of political systems: all your cognitive processes is shouting it. The mainstream right is the crucial barrier against the radical elements.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that representative governments persist by keeping the “propertied and powerful” happy. Personally, I question this as an fundamental rule. It feels as though we’ve been catering to the privileged groups over generations, at the expense of the broader population, and they rarely appear quite happy enough to cease desiring to make cuts out of social welfare.

Yet his research goes beyond conjecture, it’s an comprehensive document review into the Weimar-era political organization during the pre-war period (along with the England's ruling party circa 1906). Once centrist parties loses its confidence, when it starts to pursue the rhetoric and gesture-based policies of the far right, it cedes the direction.

Previous Instances Showed Comparable Behavior During the Brexit Years

The former Prime Minister aligning with Steve Bannon was a clear case – but far-right flirtation has become so pronounced now as to obliterate any other party narratives. Whatever became of the established party members, who prize stability, conservation, the constitution, the pride of Britain on the global scene?

Where did they go the modernisers, who described the nation in terms of economic engines, not volatile situations? Don’t get me wrong, I didn't particularly support any of them as well, but the contrast is dramatic how such perspectives – the inclusive conservative, the reformist element – have been erased, replaced by relentless demonisation: of newcomers, Islamic communities, welfare recipients and protesters.

They Walk On Stage to Themes Resembling the Opening Credits to the Popular Series

While discussing positions they oppose. They characterize rallies by older demonstrators as “displays of hostility” and display banners – British flags, English symbols, all objects bearing a splash of matadorial colour – as an clear provocation to those questioning that being British through and through is the ultimate achievement a person could possibly be.

There appears to be no any built-in restraint, that prompts reflection with fundamental beliefs, their traditional foundations, their stated objectives. Each incentive the Reform leader presents to them, they follow. So, no, it’s not fun to watch them implode. They are pulling democratic norms into the abyss.