Farage to speak at Yank hand-me-down event in UK

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is a US event at which American Conservatives gather to revel in their own evil. Or it was, anyway. The most recent event was significantly diminished from the conference’s heyday. And as such, it’s no surprise to see the organisers expanding out into new markets:

CONFIRMED SPEAKER: Nigel Farage Leader of Reform UK for CPAC Great Britain, July 16-18, in London, United Kingdom. pic.twitter.com/ZblpFJJlxk

— CPAC (@CPAC) June 7, 2026

The question for the UK is this: do we really want some tired, Yank hand-me-down event, or are we going to start being our own country again?

Farage and Yank slop

In days gone by, CPAC hosted scenes such as an allegedly drugged-up Elon Musk brandishing a chainsaw:

This stuff seems ridiculous – and it is – but the freaks in attendance had the time of their lives. The most recent CPAC, however, failed to attract any significant speakers. As Mother Jones reported:

In the days leading up to this week’s opening of CPAC, the nation’s oldest conservative political convention, organizers still seemed to be holding out hope that some brighter MAGA luminary would agree to headline the event. The CPAC app and social media accounts offered a slow drip of news of newly confirmed speakers. There was the HUD secretary, a low-level HHS official, and a Nigerian lawyer who advocates for Christians in his Muslim country. On March 21, CPAC excitedly announced that Todd Chrisley would be joining the lineup.

Who?

Did Mother Jones get to the bottom of who this Todd Chrisley was? The truth is you don’t care, and nor should you, because that’s not the point.

What the downturn tells us is that the American right is in a lull period. They’ve gotten everything they want, and as a result they can’t do their usual thing of railing against the establishment, because the establishment is this now:

Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep during his 3pm Oval Office announcement pic.twitter.com/gKyNjvgZW3

— Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) June 4, 2026

While the US is flagging, however, the British right is on an upswing. And as such, the British CPAC could potentially outshine its progenitor.

And we’re not saying this as a positive.

Speaking out

The list of speakers at CPAC Great Britain include a mixture of Yanks, Brits, and Europeans. The ones you’re likely to have heard of include:

• Liz Truss.
• Nigel Farage.
• Jacob Rees-Mogg.
• Toby Young.
• Mike Graham.
• Matt Goodwin.
• Allison Pearson.
• Dan Wootton.
• Lucy Connolly.

We’re not going to say these are people you’d want to hear speak, but they are at least speakers you’ve heard of. Possibly.

What will they say?

We’re going to predict that the speakers will rattle off the grievance politics we’re used to alongside Yank talking points we’re not. So expect more right-wing Christian nationalism, as well as the need to ban abortion and reintroduce the death penalty.

Basically, this is what the British right are now – a bunch of waiters serving up reheated Yank slop and pretending it’s Sunday roast dinner.

Featured image via Andrew Harnik (Getty Images)