3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 18
Summary
About 100 people attended Saturday, the final day of CPAC’s first British conference, underscoring a muted debut for the U.S. conservative gathering in London.
The three-day event had promised “global heavyweights” and allied movements to map out a sovereign future, but it lacked the crowds, costumes and Trump-branded spectacle that define CPAC in the United States.
At the Intercontinental Hotel, attendees described a far more restrained atmosphere, with no Make Britain Great Again hats in sight and even the ballroom’s red and purple lighting feeling overly flashy by British standards.
The low-key launch highlighted the difficulty of transplanting America’s MAGA-style political carnival to Britain, where organizers are still trying to build a comparable audience.