?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Hegemony+Lost%3A+The+decline+of+the+Tory+historical+project&rft.creator=Spours%2C+Ken&rft.description=Plummeting+in+the+polls+the+Liz+Truss%E2%80%99+premiership+lasted+only+45+days%3B+a+record+short+political+life+that+involved+the+crashing+of+the+Pound+and+a+series+of+U-turns+and+was+ultimately+outlived+by+an+iceberg+lettuce.+The+Tory+Party+does+not+tolerate+failure+and+thus+Truss+was+swiftly+replaced+by+Rishi+Sunak+following+a+%E2%80%98coronation%E2%80%99+by+Tory+MPs.+With+eyes+turning+to+Labour+in+ways+that+could+not+have+been+predicted+a+few+months+ago%2C+the+key+question+is+whether+Sunak+can+miraculously+resurrect+the+fortunes+of+the+Conservatives.+He+has+two+years+to+do+so.%0D%0A%0D%0AYet+there+still+remains+the+need+for+a+sober+assessment+of+how+the+Conservatives+have+retained+power+for+12+years%2C+having+gone+through+no+fewer+than+four+iterations.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+report%2C+the+fourth+in+the+Compass+series+on+the+Conservatives%2C+affirms+the+need+to+carefully+study+the+political+adversary%2C+even+one+that+appears+to+be+on+its+last+legs.+Following+a+critical+review+of+%E2%80%98Trussism%E2%80%99+and+%E2%80%98Trussonomics%E2%80%99%2C+the+report+suggests+that+the+Conservative+economic+project+is+already+failing+and+their+hegemonic+grip+on+English+politics+is+in+sharp+decline.+But+looming+Conservative+failure+does+not+automatically+mean+Labour+success.+Hailed+as+the+most+successful+political+party+in+history%2C+each+time+they+have+looked+in+a+tight+spot+they%E2%80%99ve+managed+to+spring+free+and+inflict+a+defeat+on+Labour.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+Hegemony+Lost%3A+the+decline+of+the+Tory+historical+project%2C+Ken+Spours+analyses+successive+Conservative+political+adaptations+since+2005+and+asks+the+question+whether+they+can+do+it+again+under+Sunak.+Using+key+Gramscian+political+concepts%2C+it+analyses+the+basis+of+Conservative+pragmatism%2C+the+deployment+of+combinational+politics+to+broaden+their+appeal+and+the+use+of+a+reserve+bloc+of+voters+at+critical+moments.+The+report+then+asks+whether+the+previous+conditions+and+methods+for+reinvention+still+pertain+today.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+report+concludes+with+a+critical+set+of+questions+aimed+at+Starmer%E2%80%99s+Labour+concerning+their+ability+to+replace+the+rapid+decline+of+Conservative+political+hegemony+with+a+more+progressive+version.+Rather+than+%E2%80%98winning+by+default%E2%80%99%2C+the+question+would+be+%E2%80%98winning+to+do+what%E2%80%99%3F&rft.publisher=Compass&rft.date=2022-11&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Compass%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10196719%2F1%2FHegemony%2520Lost%2520-%2520Compass.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10196719%2F&rft.rights=open