Phillip Blond: "We must act on the resurgence of nations and extract the best from it"

He is one of the most influential British thinkers. Advisor to David Cameron in 2010, before distancing himself from the former prime minister, Phillip Blond theorized in his essay "Red Tory" the concept of red toryism, that is to say a conservatism that is both traditional , popular and social, right on the cultural level but emancipating, on the economic level, from a certain liberalism deviated by globalization. The coronavirus crisis should, he said, accelerate the erosion of "the international liberal order" and hasten the return of the nations. Phillip Blond sees this health crisis as the catalyst for a broader political restructuring initiated since Brexit. It analyzes the British strategy to face the virus and its consequences on the European Union

LE FIGARO. - Many French observers believe that the coronavirus crisis marks the start of a new era. Do you share this point of view?

Phillip BLOND.- I am not sure that this crisis

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