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Braverman urges Tories to avoid Trumpism, saying
'events in US in recent years' should be warning to conservatives
Although
Suella Braverman delivered a rightwing speech to a rightwing audience this
afternoon, she did include a coda suggesting that it would be a mistake for the
Tories to go too far in a Trumpite direction.
She was
speaking at a conference run by the Edmund Burke Foundation promoting national
conservatism, a brand of conservatism with a much bigger focus on nationalism
and traditonal thinking than you find in Britain’s One Nation tradition. It is
not explicitly Trumpite, but Trump supporters would be comfortable with much of
the national conservatism agenda.
In her
speech Braverman said national conservatism had “a role to play” in the
conservative movement. But she went on:
Having
observed events in the US in recent years, I do want to sound a note of
caution.
One way
that we Conservatives must distinguish ourselves from the left is by not
devouring ourselves through fratricide.
Free market
conservatism is not the enemy of national conservatism.
Conservatism
must never abandon markets, the rule of law, or a belief in the power of
capitalism to lift people out of poverty.
At the same
time conservatism should never abandon people or communities to market forces.
To the
extent that those two forces are in tension, it is incumbent on conservatives
to find a prudent balance, not pick a side and start shooting.
Similarly,
conservatism can never mean isolationism.
Freeing
ourselves from a blinkered sense that the UK’s destiny is as a predominantly
European-facing country - rather than a truly global one with ties to the
Commonwealth, America, and elsewhere - has been one of the best political
developments in recent decades.
Braverman
was clearly referring to Donald Trump and his brand of national populism, even
though she did not mention him by name.
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