# The Conservatives Have Become a Zombie Party  ## Metadata - Author: [[George Eaton]] - Full Title: The Conservatives Have Become a Zombie Party - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Rather than fighting a genuine campaign, the Tories can now only stagger towards their fate on 4 July. - URL: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/the-conservatives-have-become-a-zombie-party - Source File: web-only ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > Most elections are won or lost before a campaign begins. It wasn’t the Sheffield rally that denied Neil Kinnock victory in 1992 and it wasn’t the bacon sandwich or the “EdStone” that cost Ed Miliband in 2015 (both men were already destined for defeat). Similarly, though the correlation will be irresistible to some, it wasn’t the D-Day debacle that doomed Sunak. It was, however, a moment that crystallised *why* the Prime Minister is losing: poor political judgement; a remote and distant style; an impatience with much of humanity. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j012gtbfyn7r1mbdfj24hw18))