Even under Thatcher's, the #Conservatives were a broad church. Local parties controlled candidate selection. Many chose cautious moderates.
#WilliamHague ended that. 0POV leadership elections, but centralised selection of candidates.
#KemiBadenoch is extremist centraliser. She personally vetts all Tory candidates to pick only zealots. https://archive.is/srdBF
#NetZero out. #ECHR out. No debate, no nuance.
This zealotry has a ceiling of ~20% support. #Kemisphere is cohesive, but small.
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