Liz Truss wheels out a series of C-list ghouls for drab London CPAC event | John Crace
Why This Matters
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in London, led by former Prime Minister Liz Truss, marks a significant attempt by the UK's Conservative Party to emulate the US's influential right-wing gathering, potentially signaling a shift in the party's ideological alignment. This move has sparked concerns about the party's increasing ties to far-right ideologies and its potential impact on British politics. The event's lackluster reception also raises questions about the party's ability to engage with its base and inspire new supporters.
Former 49-day PM helms a Conservative Political Action Conference that’s a far cry from the glitzy US versionLiz Truss has given us all so much in recent years. A mini-budget. A laugh a minute 49 days in office. A new monarch, after the queen decided enough was enough and died two days after Liz began her Airbnb stay in Downing Street. And now she has given us one thing more. She has imported the US Conservative Political Action Conference to the UK.And like all things Liz, it’s predictably a bit shit. In the US, CPAC is a full glitz Trump fest where all the champions of the far right go to strut their stuff and sell their merch. In Liz’s hands, it’s an altogether more drab affair with little interest from the audience. A going through the motions by C-list speakers who are well past their sell-by dates and have been saying the same things for years. Everyone would have had more fun and more surprises if the conference had been AI generated. There again, with Liz you can never be too sure. Continue reading...
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