Conservatives around world at war against leftwing globalists
Wanderstayfinder.com – Conservatives around world at war against what they see as a coordinated assault on traditional values, according to National party Senate leader Bridget McKenzie. Speaking at the inaugural CPAC GB conference in London, McKenzie declared that conservatives are “in a war” against mass immigration, “leftwing globalists” and “woke” institutions. She urged rightwing movements across the English-speaking world to unite and fight back against these forces. The event, organised by former British prime minister Liz Truss, serves as a British spinoff of the influential US Conservative Political Action Conference.
A Call for Unity and Strength
McKenzie delivered her speech on Saturday morning before appearing on a panel chaired by Truss, alongside other prominent rightwing figures. The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, also attended the London event, which has drawn sustained criticism at home. McKenzie’s address focused heavily on Australia’s immigration program, highlighting that Labor would oversee 2 million additional arrivals between 2022-23 and 2027-28. She argued the country should be more selective about who was allowed to settle there, noting the federal Labor government has kept Australia’s permanent migration level steady at 185,000 arrivals this year.
Net overseas migration fell to 306,000 people in 2024–25, down from 429,000 a year earlier, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data. McKenzie framed her message around shared values rather than race, saying: “If you love your country and respect your past and want to build a future for your children, I believe you shouldn’t be apologising for discriminating about who can come and live in your country, not on race, but on values.”
“If you believe sharia laws are superior to the laws that my great country inherited from yours, then I’m afraid Australia is not the place for you.”
She described many of the issues facing Australia and Britain as part of a broader ideological struggle, claiming there was a global effort “to undermine the very best of our British heritage by leftwing globalists”. These globalists, she said, were well-funded, disciplined and relentless. “We need to professionalise, because our opponent is real, dangerous and wants to destroy us. And our own compassion, kindness, tolerance – all those great Christian values – are literally allowing them to do it to us,” she said.
“We are in a war and we have to stand together and fight.” In a rallying call to the audience, McKenzie said: “We need to be brave in our public conversations … The people need leaders who are brave enough to face the enemy, strong enough to fight them, and in the end, we will defeat them.” She also claimed Australians were not being consulted on key issues, including transgender rights and net-zero energy policies. On the panel, she argued that Australia had become “the most woke” country in the Anglosphere and claimed successive governments had undermined national sovereignty through high levels of immigration, net-zero policies and decisions taken by unelected bodies rather than elected politicians.
Labor frontbencher Andrew Charlton said the One Nation leader was not addressing the most pressing issues facing Australia today. “Australia is a multicultural country,” he told Sky News on Sunday morning. “Waves of migrants have added a huge amount to our country, and I just think it’s incredibly divisive to be saying that some groups should be here and suggest that other groups shouldn’t be here.” The deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, said she condemned the One Nation leader’s comments and her appearance with the far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
“I think that they were unnecessary,” Hume told Sky. “They were divisive. They were inflammatory, and they were totally un-Australian,” Hume said. “That’s not the way we operate in Australia. We have had a proud history of multiculturalism. We’re a great migrant nation.”
