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I see one of the far-right's preferred UK academics, Matt Goodwin, was spouting his usual misleading, infantile reality-denying shite at the National Conservatism conference, captured in this now deleted tweet.

Here's the truth about the last forty years: Image
Here's another response to Matt Goodwin's abusurd, misleading, & frankly unhinged claims made at the deeply concerning National Conservatism conference, from @ewangibbs:
Another now deleted tweet from another of the far-right's, #TuftonStreet's, & GB News's preferred academics, David Starkey, who said 'slavery wasn't genocide because there are so many damn blacks', & after the 2011 riots, 'Enoch Powell was right, the whites have become black'. 🙋‍♂️ ImageImageImage
We take the piss out of the dangerous cranks speaking at the National Conservatism conference - but imho it's deadly serious.

@openDemocracy's @SAThevoz, who blagged his way in, says the audience was almost entirely male, rich, & about 80% were under 30.

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Some young right-wing PPP politicians, South Korea's largest conservative party, are based on the support of the Idaenam, & have been criticized by major South Korean media & some foreign media because they are showing strong anti-feminist tendencies. 🤔
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