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Oct 2025
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On Politics: The Death of the Conservati...

THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
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In its nearly two hundred years of existence the Conservative Party has survived through a combination of protean adaptability and ruthlessness, not least in its willingness to change leaders. Yet under its present leader, Kemi Badenoch, the party often described (by itself, at least) as the natural party of government appears to be facing a unique moment of ... Show More
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