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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Why are terms linked to antisemitism being used at UK conservatism event?

Kevin Roberts, of the US-based Heritage Foundation, addresses the National Conservatism conference in London on Tuesday.
Kevin Roberts, of the US-based Heritage Foundation, addresses the National Conservatism conference in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

A conference run by a rightwing US thinktank might be expected to feature robust discourse on culture wars and identity. But the National Conservatism gathering has gone notably further: with speeches using terms linked to antisemitism and the far right.

The debate over “cultural Marxists” and “globalists”, as used by onstage speakers, including a Conservative MP, at the gathering in Westminster, is a microcosm of the wider jostling about the populist right and language.

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