National Conservatism: a Tory fringe or the
party’s future?
Today in
Focus Series
Presented
by Michael Safi with Peter Walker; produced by Lucy Hough and Solomon King;
executive producers Phil Maynard and Homa Khaleeli
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/may/19/national-conservatism-tory-fringe-or-party-future
Fri 19 May
2023 03.00 BST
A
conference run by a rightwing American thinktank attracted Tory MPs and
influencers this week. Is its Trumpish populist philosophy a taste of where the
Conservative party is heading?
Voters
deserted Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party in droves in local elections this
month. The party lost more than 1,000 seats and with it control of dozens of
councils. It was just the latest evidence of a party haemorrhaging support
after a series of mishaps and scandals. With a general election looming, Tory
MPs are desperate for a route back to winning popular support and many appeared
at a conference this week hosted by an American thinktank.
As Peter
Walker tells Michael Safi, it was a freewheeling and eccentric affair. Speakers
variously railed against “neo-Marxism”, “globalists” and told the
(overwhelmingly male) audience of the need to increase the country’s sagging
birthrate. But do UK voters respond well to culture war politics? For Michael
Gove, who spoke on Tuesday, the Conservative party must not become sidetracked
into ignoring the central economic questions that decide elections. Is
the rest of his party listening?
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