Finding Amusement In this Collapse of the Conservative Party? It's Comprehensible – But Completely Mistaken

On various occasions when party chiefs have seemed reasonably coherent outwardly – and different periods where they have sounded completely unhinged, yet continued to be cherished by their party. Currently, it's far from that situation. A leading Tory didn't energize the audience when she spoke at her conference, even as she offered the divisive talking points of border-focused rhetoric she believed they wanted.

This wasn't primarily that they’d all awakened with a renewed sense of humanity; rather they were skeptical she’d ever be in a position to deliver it. It was, fake vegan meat. Conservatives despise that. An influential party member apparently called it a “jazz funeral”: noisy, animated, but ultimately a parting.

What Next for this Party Having Strong Arguments to Make for Itself as the Top-Performing Democratic Party in Modern Times?

A faction is giving a fresh look at Robert Jenrick, who was a firm rejection at the outset – but now it’s the end, and everyone else has left. Another group is generating a interest around a newer MP, a 34-year-old MP of the latest cohort, who looks like a traditional Conservative while wallpapering her online profiles with anti-migrant content.

Could she be the leader to challenge opposition forces, now outpolling the Conservatives by a significant margin? Is there a word for defeating opponents by mirroring their stance? Furthermore, assuming no phrase fits, surely we could use an expression from martial arts?

If You’re Enjoying These Developments, in a Downfall Observation Way, in a Consequence-Based Way, It's Comprehensible – But Totally Misguided

It isn't necessary to examine America to grasp this point, 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 essential firewall preventing the far right.

Ziblatt’s thesis is that representative governments persist by keeping the “elite classes” happy. Personally, I question this as an guiding tenet. It feels as though we’ve been catering to the privileged groups for ages, at the detriment of other citizens, and they never seem adequately satisfied to halt efforts to reduce support out of social welfare.

However, his study isn’t a hunch, it’s an comprehensive document review into the Weimar-era political organization during the interwar Germany (in parallel to the England's ruling party in that historical context). As moderate conservatism loses its confidence, if it commences to adopt the buzzwords and superficial stances of the radical wing, it transfers the control.

There Were Examples Some of This During the Brexit Years

Boris Johnson cosying up to Steve Bannon was a clear case – but radical alignment has become so evident now as to obliterate any other party narratives. What happened to the established party members, who treasure continuity, conservation, the constitution, the UK reputation on the world stage?

Why have we lost the progressives, who described the nation in terms of economic engines, not tension-filled environments? Let me emphasize, I wasn’t wild about either faction either, but it's remarkably noticeable how such perspectives – the inclusive conservative, the Cameroonian Conservative – have been marginalized, superseded by ongoing scapegoating: of immigrants, Islamic communities, benefit claimants and activists.

Take the Platform to Melodies Evoking the Opening Credits to the Television Drama

Emphasizing what they cannot stand for any more. They portray protests by older demonstrators as “carnivals of hatred” and use flags – union flags, English symbols, all objects bearing a bold patriotic hues – as an direct confrontation to those questioning that complete national identity is the ultimate achievement a human can aspire to.

There appears to be no any natural braking system, where they check back in with fundamental beliefs, their own hinterland, their stated objectives. Any stick the Reform leader offers them, they pursue. So, no, there's no pleasure to see their disintegration. They’re taking social cohesion down with them.