• Minor typographical modification, the source text is rendered as "self-doubt or weakness. Our country". For details which are not in The Spectator text, see an article in the Financial Times.
[I]n the United Kingdom, my party is starting the largest renewal of policy and ideas in a generation. ... If we get this right, we stand at the dawn of a new conservative century with so much opportunity and possibility. If we throw this opportunity away because of anger or self-doubt or weakness [o]ur country and all of western civilisation will be lost. And that is why we, the next generation of conservatives, must lead the world back from the precipice.
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[I]n the United Kingdom, my party is starting the largest renewal of policy and ideas in a generation. ... If we get this right, we stand at the dawn of a new conservative century with so much opportunity and possibility. If we throw this opportunity away because of anger or self-doubt or weakness [o]ur country and all of western civilisation will be lost. And that is why we, the next generation of conservatives, must lead the world back from the precipice." in the context of "From a speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (Arc) conference at Excel in London (17 February 2025), as cited in "Read: Kemi Badenoch’s full speech at the Arc Conference", The Spectator (17 February 2025)
• Minor typographical modification, the source text is rendered as "self-doubt or weakness. Our country". For details which are not in The Spectator text, see an article in the Financial Times." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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