"Nihilism has consumed left-liberalism from within, and now animates the corpse. Old socialist principles like the dignity of labour and the solidarity of the working class, and liberal principles like free speech, tolerance and the value of dissent, have given way to a new social justice orthodoxy which admits no dignity or solidarity and brooks no dissent. Yet because it occupies the life-like corpse of liberalism, the new orthodoxy attracts the usual bien-pensant progressives (including some calling themselves conservatives) who think they are still promoting a diverse and tolerant society."
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"Could Sunak be the Tories’ new Pitt the Younger?" The New Statesman (15 April 2023).
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Danny Kruger
Daniel Rayne Kruger (born 23 October 1974) is a British politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Wiltshire in 2024. Formerly a member of the Conservative Party, he switched to Reform UK in September 2025. Before Boundary changes, Kruger was the member for Devizes from 2019. He is the son of writer and property developer Rayne Kruger, and restaurateur and television presenter Prue Leith. Prior to being an MP, he was Prime Minister David Cameron's chief speechwriter and
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