Their most successful elected representative, unless you take the view Donald Trump won in 2020 and is still president of the United States.
Their cheeky idea of meeting in the epicentre of the Eurofederalism they despise went a bit wrong when the mayor of Brussels, Emir Kir, decreed the event a public order risk. “Among these personalities there are several particularly from the right-conservative, religious right and European extreme right,” he said. “The far right is not welcome.”
Playing somewhat into the martyr mentality of the hard right, Mr Kir sent in the police and let loose pandemonium, with leading Brexiteers such as Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman at risk of being locked into the venue (thus, on this occasion, being unable to Leave). Interventions by an independent Belgian court and the country’s liberal prime minister Alexander De Croo reversed the liberal mayor’s somewhat illiberal move; police left the scene, and so the ideological mayhem was resumed. They made speeches, annoyed liberals and begged many questions about who they are and where they’re going?
What is National Conservatism?
Some say it’s a nice name for neo-fascism, others argue that all the characteristic authoritarianism and intolerance are just mainstream right-wing views held by many “secret conservatives” who are either too shy or too unenlightened to admit their true identity.
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