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On various occasions when Conservative leaders have appeared moderately rational superficially – and alternate phases where they have come across as wildly irrational, yet continued to be cherished by party loyalists. Currently, it's far from either of those times. A leading Tory failed to inspire attendees when she addressed her conference, despite she offered the provocative rhetoric of border-focused rhetoric she believed they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all woken up with a renewed sense of humanity; instead they lacked faith she’d ever be equipped to deliver it. In practice, an imitation. Tories hate that. An influential party member was said to label it a “themed procession”: boisterous, vigorous, but ultimately a parting.

Coming Developments for the Group That Can Reasonably Claim to Make for Itself as the Most Accomplished Governing Force in Modern Times?

Some are having a fresh look at a particular MP, who was a definite refusal at the outset – but now it’s the end, and everyone else has left. Some are fostering a buzz around Katie Lam, a young parliamentarian of the newest members, who presents as a Shires Tory while filling her socials with border-control messaging.

Might she become the standard-bearer to beat back opposition forces, now surpassing the incumbents by a significant margin? Does a term exist for overcoming competitors by mirroring their stance? And, if there isn’t, perhaps we might adopt a term from martial arts?

When Finding Satisfaction In Any of This, in a Schadenfreude Way, in a Serves-Them-Right-for-Austerity Way, One Can See Why – Yet Absolutely Bananas

One need not look at the US to understand this, nor read Daniel Ziblatt’s seminal 2017 book, his analysis of political systems: every one of your synapses is screaming it. Centrist right-wing parties is the crucial barrier against the radical elements.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that representative governments persist by satisfying the “elite classes” happy. I’m not wild about it as an fundamental rule. It seems as though we’ve been indulging the privileged groups for ages, at the expense of everyone else, and they rarely appear adequately satisfied to stop wanting to take a bite out of disability benefits.

But his analysis goes beyond conjecture, it’s an comprehensive document review into the historical German conservative group during the Weimar Republic (combined with the UK Tories in that historical context). Once centrist parties becomes uncertain, as it begins to chase the terminology and gesture-based policies of the radical wing, it transfers the steering wheel.

We Saw Similar Patterns Throughout the EU Exit Process

The former Prime Minister aligning with a controversial strategist was a clear case – but far-right flirtation has become so evident now as to eliminate competing Conservative messages. Whatever became of the established party members, who prize predictability, conservation, legal frameworks, the UK reputation on the global scene?

What happened to the modernisers, who defined the country in terms of powerhouses, not tension-filled environments? To be clear, I didn't particularly support both groups too, but it's remarkably noticeable how such perspectives – the inclusive conservative, the modernizing wing – have been eliminated, superseded by constant vilification: of newcomers, Islamic communities, welfare recipients and activists.

They Walk On Stage to Themes Resembling the Signature Music to Game of Thrones

Emphasizing issues they reject. They portray protests by 75-year-old pacifists as “carnivals of hatred” and display banners – national emblems, Saint George’s flags, all objects bearing a vibrant national tones – as an direct confrontation to anyone who doesn’t think that complete national identity is the best thing a human can aspire to.

We observe an absence of any natural braking system, that prompts reflection with fundamental beliefs, their historical context, their stated objectives. Whatever provocation Nigel Farage throws for them, they follow. Consequently, no, it’s not fun to see their disintegration. They are pulling democratic norms down with them.