An event took place in London this week. You might have heard about it in the news or read about it on Twitter. It was called ‘NatCon’, and people got excited about it. You would however be forgiven for wondering, from the rather hysterical media coverage of the ‘National Conservatism Conference UK 2023’, a) what all the fuss was about; b) what on earth ‘national conservatism’ is; and c) why the conference was taking place. To be perfectly frank, having attended most of the event and enjoyed listening to many of the speakers, I was left none the wiser with respect to these questions myself. But I can perhaps at least shed some light on what I hope I will be forgiven for calling the semiotics of NatCon and the reaction to it - which I think are significant.
Interesting summary - thanks. An observant fish out of water...