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There have been times when Tory figureheads have seemed almost sensible on the surface – and alternate phases where they have sounded wildly irrational, yet continued to be cherished by party loyalists. Currently, it's far from either of those times. One prominent Conservative didn't energize the audience when she spoke at her conference, even as she offered the divisive talking points of anti-immigration sentiment she thought they wanted.

It’s not so much that they’d all woken up with a fresh awareness of humanity; more that they lacked faith she’d ever be equipped to deliver it. It was, an imitation. Conservatives despise that. A veteran Tory reportedly described it as a “New Orleans funeral”: loud, energetic, but nonetheless a parting.

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Some are having renewed consideration at Robert Jenrick, who was a firm rejection at the beginning – but now it’s the end, and other candidates has left. Others are creating a buzz around a rising star, a young parliamentarian of the latest cohort, who appears as a traditional Conservative while filling her socials with anti-migrant content.

Might she become the standard-bearer to challenge the rival party, now surpassing the Tories by 20 points? Does a term exist for overcoming competitors by adopting their policies? And, if there isn’t, perhaps we might use an expression from martial arts?

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One need not examine America to grasp this point, or reference the scholar's influential work, his analysis of political systems: all your cognitive processes is emphasizing it. The mainstream right is the crucial barrier preventing the radical elements.

The central argument is that democracies survive by keeping the “elite classes” happy. I’m not wild about it as an fundamental rule. One gets the impression as though we’ve been keeping the privileged groups for ages, at the cost of everyone else, and they don't typically become adequately satisfied to stop wanting to take a bite out of disability benefits.

But his analysis is not speculation, it’s an thorough historical examination into the Weimar-era political organization during the Weimar Republic (along with the England's ruling party circa 1906). When the mainstream right loses its confidence, as it begins to adopt the terminology and superficial stances of the radical wing, it hands them the control.

Previous Instances Showed Some of This During the Brexit Years

The former Prime Minister cosying up to an influential advisor was a notable instance – but radical alignment has become so evident now as to eliminate competing Conservative messages. Whatever became of the old-school Conservatives, who value continuity, preservation, governing principles, the national prestige on the international platform?

Where did they go the modernisers, who portrayed the United Kingdom 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 those worldviews – the broad-church approach, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been marginalized, replaced by constant vilification: of migrants, Muslims, social support users and activists.

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Emphasizing positions they oppose. They portray protests by elderly peace activists as “carnivals of hatred” and use flags – national emblems, patriotic icons, anything with a vibrant national tones – as an clear provocation to those questioning that total cultural alignment is the ultimate achievement a individual might attain.

There doesn’t seem to be any inherent moderation, that prompts reflection with their own values, their own hinterland, their stated objectives. Each incentive Nigel Farage offers them, they’ll chase. Therefore, absolutely not, it’s not fun to watch them implode. They are dragging democratic norms into the abyss.