In Birmingham, reality is put on hold that whichever mediocrity becomes the new leader, they will still be an irrelevance. A stopgap at best.
Most importantly, you've ratcheted up the madness. It's almost ancient history since anyone won a Tory leadership conference through moderation.
Then you make it to conference and find that the maddest possible thing has already been said. Nothing you can say could possibly trump it.
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