A high-profile conference for right-wing activists gathering in London this week has been funded by a host of American fossil fuel interests, major Trump donors, and billionaires who have bankrolled UK political parties, Unearthed and DeSmog have found.
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), running from 23-25 June at the Olympia in Kensington, has hosted appearances from British politicians including Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch alongside international stars of the libertarian and populist right.
The event’s 4,000 attendees have also been able to hear speeches from leading figures in the Trump administration, including Energy Secretary Chris Wright and senior State Department official Sarah Rogers.
ARC was founded, and is backed by, the owners of GB News: hedge fund manager Sir Paul Marshall and the Dubai-based investment group Legatum.
But a list of sponsors and donors for this year’s conference, obtained and analysed by Unearthed and DeSmog, show that it has also been given financial backing by major Conservative and Reform UK donor Lord Anthony Bamford, and Ben Delo, the billionaire crypto investor who donated £4 million to Farage’s party earlier this year.
