Hi John,

Last week, at Conservative Party conference, we saw the party lurch to the right. Speakers used extreme language like “transgenderism”, “wokeism”, “neo-marxism”, “globalists” and the “end of our way of life.”

The Conservative Party is increasingly willing to collaborate with far-right parties across the world, using radical right rhetoric, and adopting conspiracy theories and a raft of reactionary policies. All of which means it is now time to ask the question.

Is the Conservative Party transforming into a radical right political party? Today we launch a new article that answers this exact question and you can be the one of the first to read it.

HOPE not hate have teamed up with leading academics to examine their policies, rhetoric and alliances to find out what’s really going on in the Conservative Party.

But we know this shift didn’t happen overnight. It’s been ramping up over months, and even years.

Some are adopting radical right rhetoric for short-term electoral gain, in the hope it will win back some of the voters the Conservatives have lost since 2019, while others are being forced to by an increasingly confident radical right inside and outside the party.

But there are also those who truly believe in a radical right agenda. We only had to witness the audience’s reaction to the presence of former UKIP leader Nigel Farage or the wild applause to Suella Braverman’s latest attack on immigrants and multiculturalism to see the problem we face.

With significant elements of the Conservative Party adopting radical right rhetoric, now is the time for us to stand together and push back. Over the coming weeks we will be consulting with you about what we should do, but, in the meantime, please read the article.

Best wishes,

Nick Lowles

PS, as you can see, there is a tough fight ahead of us and we need your support. Please become a member of HOPE not hate today.