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To be clear here polls put the conservatives pretty much on par with the low points of Thatcher

A broad decline in a certain kind of politics, specifically neoliberal technocracy. The Tories and many other parties tried to adapt to a changing world by abandoning previous mores for a cruel model of society that itself lost credibility almost 20 years ago. We can see the results. Let them die.

Depends how you define success. If you define it as winning elections - then yes. If you define it as making people's lives better - then no.

Conservatism has obtained their destiny. Moral rot through and through. Putting lipstick on the pig of certainly the Republican Party in America must be a nightmare. Conservatism has created nothing. It has done nothing except sell itself out and get people killed for 40-50 years