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There have been times when Conservative leaders have seemed moderately rational on the surface – and different periods where they have come across as wildly irrational, yet were still adored by their base. This is not either of those times. A leading Tory failed to inspire attendees when she presented to her conference, while she threw out the red meat of border-focused rhetoric she assumed they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all awakened with a fresh awareness of humanity; instead they didn’t believe she’d ever be in a position to follow through. Effectively, fake vegan meat. Conservatives despise that. One senior Conservative apparently called it a “themed procession”: boisterous, vigorous, but nonetheless a goodbye.

What Next for the Group With a Decent Case to Make for Itself as the Most Accomplished Governing Force in History?

Some are having a fresh look at a particular MP, who was a hard “no” at the outset – but now it’s the end, and rivals has left. Others are creating a buzz around a newer MP, a recently elected representative of the 2024 intake, who presents as a traditional Conservative while filling her socials with immigration-critical posts.

Might she become the leader to challenge the rival party, now leading the Tories by a significant margin? Can we describe for defeating opponents by mirroring their stance? And, if there isn’t, surely we could borrow one from fighting disciplines?

If You’re Enjoying Any of This, in a Schadenfreude Way, in a Just-Deserts Way, One Can See Why – Yet Absolutely Bananas

It isn't necessary to look at the US to know this, or reference a prominent academic's groundbreaking study, his analysis of political systems: all your cognitive processes is emphasizing it. The mainstream right is the essential firewall resisting the far right.

The central argument is that democracies survive by satisfying the “elite classes” happy. I have reservations as an organising principle. One gets the impression as though we’ve been catering to the propertied and powerful for decades, at the cost of other citizens, and they don't typically become sufficiently content to cease desiring to reduce support out of disability benefits.

Yet his research goes beyond conjecture, it’s an comprehensive document review into the pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the pre-war period (in parallel to the UK Tories around the early 1900s). As moderate conservatism becomes uncertain, as it begins to pursue the terminology and symbolic politics of the far right, it cedes the control.

There Were Examples Similar Patterns During the Brexit Years

A key figure associating with an influential advisor was a notable instance – but extremist sympathies has become so pronounced now as to eliminate competing Tory talking points. Where are the old-school Conservatives, who value stability, conservation, the constitution, the UK reputation on the global scene?

Why have we lost the modernisers, who described the nation in terms of growth centers, not tension-filled environments? To be clear, I wasn’t wild about any of them too, but it’s absolutely striking how those worldviews – the inclusive conservative, the reformist element – have been erased, superseded by constant vilification: of newcomers, Muslims, benefit claimants and activists.

They Walk On Stage to Themes Resembling the Signature Music to the Popular Series

Emphasizing issues they reject. They describe protests by 75-year-old pacifists as “festivals of animosity” and display banners – national emblems, English symbols, any item featuring a bold patriotic hues – as an open challenge to those questioning that total cultural alignment is the best thing a individual might attain.

There doesn’t seem to be any natural braking system, encouraging reassessment with fundamental beliefs, their historical context, their own plan. Any stick Nigel Farage offers them, they’ll chase. Consequently, no, it isn't enjoyable to watch them implode. They’re taking civil society down with them.