At UK’s Conservative Party Conference, Tories Wonder About Their Future NYT | Top Stories By: Mark Landler 9 October 2025 at 00:02 The once dominant British political party has been outflanked by Reform, a right-wing populist rival. At the Tory annual conference, attendance was sparse. © Oli Scarff/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesA collage of Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Britain, at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, England, this week.
Why Left and Right Can’t Understand Each Other’s Fears NYT | Opinion By: Ross Douthat 4 October 2025 at 21:58 Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.