High-ranking government members hope to make political capital out of their own failures. Labour must reject this cynicism
In a fortnight’s time, a remarkable two-day political conference is going to be happening in central London. The people speaking in its debates and discussions come almost entirely from the political right: they will include the home secretary, Suella Braverman, her cabinet colleague Michael Gove, and a host of voices from media outlets such as the Daily Telegraph and GB News.
What will sit at the heart of proceedings, says the event’s official blurb, are “the idea of the nation” and “the revival of the unique national traditions that alone have the power to bind a people together and bring about their flourishing”. The foes and bugbears that will be decried include “political theories grounded in race”, and “a powerful new Marxism”.
