> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://craft-politics.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Lord Dan Hannan | On the Right - URL: https://craft-politics.ghost.io/episodes/lord-dan-hannan-on-the-right/ - Published: 2025-10-02T18:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-06T16:16:53.000Z - Author: Andrew Percy - Tags: Dan Hannan, Former Member of the European Parliament for South East England, #episode, #interview, #ai-5 This week, we’re joined by **Lord Daniel Hannan**, one of the most thoughtful — and globally fluent — conservative voices in politics. We explore the future of the right across the Anglosphere: - Is the British Conservative Party dead or just regenerating? - Has the U.S. abandoned the world it built? - Why is Canadian conservatism still the sanest? - And is the UK heading toward a merger moment like Canada’s in 2003? --- ### **What We Cover** **1\. The Anglosphere’s Conservative Crisis** - How lockdown changed the role of the state - Why “Trumpism” is reshaping the right in every country — including Iceland - And why Canada may be the only place where centre-right politics still feel *normal* > “Preserving the sanity and civility of Canadian politics is no small prize.” — Hannan **2\. Can Reform and the Tories Work Together?** Hannan lays out the most detailed case yet for a *non-merger, non-coalition electoral pact* — and explains why time is running out. > “If we were all Dr. Spock from Star Trek, we’d have done this by now.” He also draws a direct line from Farage’s playbook to Canada’s 1993-2003 Reform-Conservative story — and suggests it may all play out again, faster than we think. **3\. The Long History of Toryism** Daniel is writing the first comprehensive history of the Conservative Party — from the 1600s onward. He reminds us why old parties shouldn’t be underestimated… and why “Toryism” might survive even if the Tory *party* doesn’t. **4\. On Brexit: Not a disaster — just underused** We close the episode by tackling the narrative around Brexit’s so-called failure. > “Brexit didn’t make you richer or poorer. It gave you back the right to make different choices. Whether you succeed or fail depends on what you do next.” *This is one of our favourite episodes of the season.* Whether you’re a political junkie, a student of history, or just trying to make sense of where the right goes next — don’t miss it. 00:00 Welcome and introducing Dan Hannan 02:59 How COVID flicked switches and changed conservatism 03:48 MAGA versus traditional conservatism — The transformation of the right 05:45 Trump hollows out the centre-right everywhere — Iceland to Mexico 07:37 Should conservatives learn anything from MAGA? 08:23 Abandoning the Atlantic Charter — The post-war order under threat 12:02 An ungrateful generation — Rage tearing down what prudence built 13:11 Canada got it right — Harper's merger and electoral potency 15:01 The rally-around-the-flag moment — Carney's pivot and lefty Kanzuk 17:51 Kanzuk and free movement — Why it's not hypocritical after Brexit 23:07 British Tories at their worst moment since the 1760s 25:20 The Reform threat — Nigel Farage's 1993 Canada obsession 27:51 The case for a Tory-Reform pact — Complementary geography and policies 37:16 Why Reform needs the Tories — The experience gap and mandate problem 39:47 The institutional resistance problem — Lords, judges, and civil service 41:43 General principles of international law — How judges sabotaged Rwanda 44:50 Two-tier justice and the culture of the public sector 45:41 Free speech under attack — Not new laws, but new interpretations 49:55 The failure of police and crime commissioners 56:40 Brexit reality check — Britain has grown faster than the eurozone 59:38 The corrective is our own electorate — Democracy over technocracy 1:02:40 Why there's no prospect of rejoin — Labour knows they'd lose 1:03:32 Wrap — Writing the history of Toryism from 1680s to today