As Reform UK closes in on the Conservatives, defections from the Tory ranks are revealing more than panic. They expose a party that elevated Kemi Badenoch for optics, not authority, and is now recoiling from the prospect of her actually leading.
iPINIONS unpacks why Conservatives would rather follow Nigel Farage than stand behind their own leader, and why race, grievance, and cowardice are driving Britain’s right-wing realignment.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/british-conservatives-defecting-to
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