Will ‘Measures, Not Men’ Carry Conservatism Forward in the United Kingdom?

This is a question that can be answered with ‘Only the Shadow knows.’

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Nigel Farage, left, and Prime Minister Johnson, right. AP

“England does not love coalitions,” Disraeli famously declared, adding: “I appeal from the coalition to that public opinion which governs this country.” Yet what if populist discontent — “public opinion” — is the foundation upon which that coalition is formed? That is the visceral appeal of the much-discussed Nigel Farage–Boris Johnson “third-party” alternative that sprang into life at the weekend Sunday since, as Mr. Farage warns, “the whole Brexit project is under threat.”

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