Andrew Griffith speaks at CPAC Conference
The MP for Arundel and the South Downs, Andrew Griffith, took to the stage at the CPAC conference in London last month.
Imported from the US by former Prime Minister Liz Truss, the conference describes itself as promoting policies focused on national sovereignty, economic growth, free speech and conservative politics.
In the US, CPAC is a huge event, attended by Donald Trump devotees and MAGA enthusiasts. The British iteration promised to “feature global heavyweights, bringing together major speakers from across the United States, the United Kingdom, and aligned global movements to chart a course for a prosperous, sovereign future.”
Speaking in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Mr Griffith told the conference:
“We have to reverse the mistakes our country has made in the past.
"We are losing the economic race, and that is why we need an economic revolution. If we want to make Britain rich again, we need an enterprise revolution.”
He was followed on to the stage by Matt Goodwin, the Reform Party candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
The former Home Secretary and MP for Fareham and Waterlooville, Suella Braverman, spoke later in the day and focused on outcomes for white, working-class boys, who had been “betrayed” by the establishment.
Also speaking at the conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Southeast London were Reform party leader, Nigel Farage, Lucy Connolly, a politician's wife from Northampton who had been jailed for inciting people to set fire to refugee hotels, and controversial historian David Starkey.
Mr Griffith said that: “As part of my role, I take every opportunity to promote a positive agenda to get the economy growing and expose the harm Labour and their Lib Dem allies are inflicting on West Sussex and the country.
"In the last few weeks alone, I spoke in the House of Commons about the fight to save West Sussex, championed our local hospitality industry in a speech to the British Beer and Pub Association, and spoke at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders on the need to bring British industry back home.
"I also spoke to business leaders about boosting international trade and set out at the Onward think tank how the Conservatives will deliver the economic revolution Britain needs.”