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There have been times when Tory figureheads have seemed reasonably coherent outwardly – and alternate phases where they have come across as completely unhinged, yet continued to be cherished by their base. We are not in that situation. One prominent Conservative failed to inspire attendees when she addressed her conference, despite she threw out the provocative rhetoric of anti-immigration sentiment she assumed they wanted.

The issue wasn't that they’d all woken up with a revived feeling of humanity; more that they were skeptical she’d ever be equipped to implement it. In practice, an imitation. The party dislikes such approaches. One senior Conservative apparently called it a “New Orleans funeral”: noisy, energetic, but ultimately a parting.

Future Prospects for this Party Having Strong Arguments to Make for Itself as the Most Historically Successful Political Organization in Modern Times?

Some are having a fresh look at one contender, who was a definite refusal at the beginning – but with proceedings winding down, and other candidates has left. Some are fostering a interest around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the newest members, who looks like a countryside-based politician while wallpapering her online profiles with anti-migrant content.

Is she poised as the figurehead to beat back opposition forces, now leading the incumbents by a significant margin? Is there a word for overcoming competitors by becoming exactly like them? Moreover, assuming no phrase fits, perhaps we might adopt a term from combat sports?

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One need not examine America to understand this, or consult a prominent academic's seminal 2017 book, the historical examination: every one of your synapses is shouting it. The mainstream right is the essential firewall against the far right.

His research conclusion is that democracies survive by appeasing the “propertied and powerful” happy. Personally, I question this as an fundamental rule. It seems as though we’ve been keeping the propertied and powerful for decades, at the cost of other citizens, and they rarely appear quite happy enough 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 pre-Nazi German National People’s Party during the interwar Germany (along with the England's ruling party in that historical context). When the mainstream right falters in conviction, if it commences to pursue the rhetoric and superficial stances of the extremist elements, it cedes the control.

There Were Examples Some of This During the Brexit Years

Boris Johnson associating with an influential advisor was a clear case – but extremist sympathies has become so pronounced now as to overshadow all remaining Conservative messages. Where are the established party members, who treasure predictability, tradition, the constitution, the national prestige on the global scene?

Why have we lost the modernisers, who defined the United Kingdom in terms of powerhouses, not volatile situations? Don’t get me wrong, I didn't particularly support both groups too, but it’s absolutely striking how those worldviews – the inclusive conservative, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been erased, in favour of ongoing scapegoating: of immigrants, Islamic communities, social support users and demonstrators.

They Walk On Stage to Melodies Evoking the Theme Tune to Game of Thrones

Emphasizing positions they oppose. They describe rallies by older demonstrators as “displays of hostility” and display banners – British flags, English symbols, anything with a vibrant national tones – as an direct confrontation to individuals doubting that being British through and through is the highest ideal a individual might attain.

We observe an absence of any built-in restraint, that prompts reflection with core principles, their traditional foundations, their stated objectives. Any stick Nigel Farage offers them, they pursue. So, definitely not, it’s not fun to watch them implode. They’re taking civil society into the abyss.