Dozens of British MPs and peers will rub shoulders with politicians from the European far right, Trump donors and American climate change deniers at a major right-wing event returning to London next week, documents can reveal.
The UK-based Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) is an international network for right-wing activists and thought leaders that aims to “re-lay the foundations of our civilisation”. Visitors to its annual conference in London’s Olympia next week are charged up to £1,500 a ticket for three days of networking and talks from international stars of the libertarian and populist right.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch will both be speakers at this year’s event, alongside Boris Johnson, fracking boss-turned-Trump energy secretary Chris Wright, and Bill Anderson, chief executive of the German pesticides giant Bayer.
But a leaked attendees list, seen by Unearthed and DeSmog, shows that those planning to attend also include politicians from far right parties across Europe, including Alternative for Germany (AfD) – which is designated as a “suspected extremist” organisation by German intelligence services – alongside the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, Vlaams Belang from Belgium, Spain’s VOX, and the Netherlands’ Party for Freedom.
