Former prime minister David Cameron once described himself as a "modern, compassionate Conservative".

That was in 2011, in an interview during the party's annual conference in Manchester, the early years of the coalition.

"Cameronism" - or "Cameroonism", you take your pick - became the self-defined lens of conservatism that Cameron used during his six years in Number 10. Austerity, combined with policy to appeal to social liberals, such as equal marriage, and environmental "responsibility - to the next generation".

Fourteen years on from that interview, "Badenochism" has yet to truly define itself, but it's fair to say that the Conservatives of 2010 are different to those of 2025.

The party has shifted further to the right in recent years, with some jumping ship to join Reform UK. Both

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