Ten things we learned from the UK NatCon conference

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The National Conservatism conference, a loosely Tory party-allied gathering run by a rightwing US thinktank, has spent the past three days hearing from a range of politicians, academics and writers in Westminster. Here are 10 things we have learned so far.

 

1. NatCon has made a splash in Tory circles

The last time the roving conference was in London, in 2019, the extent of its Conservative speakers was perennial backbencher Daniel Kawczynski. This time there were two cabinet ministers – Suella Braverman and Michael Gove – and a series of other Tory MPs, with a resultant boost in media prominence. This is an event, and a set of ideas, that has arrived.

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/17/10-things-we-learned-from-the-uk-natcon-conference