When the Conservative Party took power back from the Labour Party in 2010 there was hope among British Conservatives that the excesses of the Blairites' social democratic globalism would be rolled back. Immigration, which was rapidly beginning to change the face of the country even back then, would be returned to below net growth levels, the sanctity of marriage would be protected and the various anti-conservative and even anti-liberal laws they put in place would be either repealed directly or automatically repealed by newer laws leading to implied repeal.

However, in the 12 years since the Tories have taken power in parliament, they have proven to be incapable or even willing to do any of these things. In fact, it would seem the Conservative Party during the intervening years of losing power between 1997 and 2010 remodelled itself in Blair’s image. Or rather, they have remodelled themselves as a literal representation of the front Blair and his Parliament put up in order to achieve their political goals.

Blair presented himself as the centrist, the liberal who would refashion the Labour party from its old, tired democratic socialist self of the mid-20th century to something more fashionable, moderate, and fit for the post-Cold War world. But indeed, this was little more than a front. One only needs to look at how quickly Blair and his government started reshaping Britain’s political landscape to see that he was far from the moderate liberal he claimed to be. In truth, the Labour Party only really traded one form of left-wing extremism for another.

Examples include his creation of the supreme court, a malignant growth in the British legal system that unlike all courts under it is more representative of the ECHR than the crown and has shown itself to be far from politically neutral when it comes to enforcing its rulings. His unprecedented opening of the borders that has been changing the demographic face of Britain ever since. Him cosying up to the neoliberal & neoconservative pseudo-aristocracy of the United States, getting us involved in their war on terror. All the while, passing more laws restricting our right to bear arms and undermining free speech. During the Labour Party’s last tenure in power, more Acts of Parliament were passed than from the time of its founding to when they got into power.

All of this is to say, Blair was an extremist of a very different type. He was an extremist of the global establishment. A global establishment where a small number of technocrats, academics, media executives and politicians rule over the world population while giving us the illusion of democratic choice. He was a servant of this cause and remains so to this day. So, why was it that the Conservative Party failed to act when they gained power back in 2010?

Well as previously stated, after losing power in a landslide defeat in 1997 the Conservative Party was left in shambles. It took them until the mid-2000s to put themselves back together again and the form they took was a weak one. The form was that of adopting Blair’s façade as literal. While he only presented himself as the moderate, centre-left liberal, the Conservative Party adopted soft, progressive social liberalism wholesale during a time when Britain needed true conservatism more than ever. This has carried over for 12 years, as we have seen the continuation of the mass migration to the UK in even greater numbers than before, the continued hegemony of the Supreme Court, the trainwreck of using a Brexit vote as an election strategy and then doing everything in their power to prevent us from leaving when the people voted to actually go through with it. All the while, the very systems that Blair served worked their claws into the Conservative Party itself turning those who adopted Blair’s façade for the sake of political expediency into true believers of the globalist cause.

Now, we can’t even have a leadership election without nearly every single candidate being a known member of globalist NGOs like the World Economic Forum whose founder and leader boasts about having their people in all the major governments in the world to do their bidding. The shadow of Blair has led to both major British parties ultimately serving the same master with the same goal, the growth of this age’s totalitarianism.

So, what is to be done?

Well, I think if there is anything the few remaining conservatives in power or who seek power across Britain can learn from this it’s that if nothing else can be said about Blair, what can be said is that his method works, and they should seek to emulate it for their own ends. Presenting oneself as the electable moderate against the old and tired establishment is a great way to get yourself into power, and once you are in power simply do as you please. Even if the right does not and will never have a cooperative media class like the Blairites did, that’s still five years to achieve as much positive change as possible. A lot can get done with a Parliamentary majority and five years' worth of time to pass Acts of Parliament.

Who knows, if said conservatives were to actually address the issues people care about such as child exploitation, mass migration and the cost-of-living crisis, it’s doubtful the majority of people will care about the other things you were doing in the meantime. Roll back gay marriage? Well, they might not like it, but petrol is cheap, and they can afford to feed their kids and go on holiday annually and what’s really more important to them? Give the people what they want, and they’ll allow you to do what you want. This is the essence of effective politics; Blair used it to full effect and so should we.

In this day in age, the only way to fight a global establishment well-versed in people-pleasing politics is with people-pleasing politics of our own. And lucky for us, pleasing people through politics is largely done by doing things we want to do anyway so we have the advantage. If we do this, then I do believe we can bring this country back from the brink. The only question is, who will step up to lead such a movement?

Will it be a dissident Tory, or someone new?