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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nicola Slawson in London and Tom McIlroy Political editor

Conservatives around world at war against ‘leftwing globalists’, Bridget McKenzie tells CPAC London event

Senator Bridget McKenzie wearing a white blazer is pictured speaking
Bridget McKenzie: ‘We need to professionalise because our opponent is real, dangerous and wants to destroy us.’ Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The National party’s Senate leader, Bridget McKenzie, has used an appearance at a conference of the populist right in London to declare that conservatives are “in a war” against mass immigration, “leftwing globalists” and “woke” institutions, and to urge rightwing movements across the English-speaking world to unite and fight back.

McKenzie was speaking at the inaugural CPAC GB in London, a British spinoff of the influential US Conservative Political Action Conference, organised by the former British prime minister Liz Truss. She gave a speech on Saturday morning before appearing on a panel chaired by Truss, alongside other rightwing figures.

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