Dan Hannan on the Right: Brexit, Reform, and What Comes Next

This week, we’re joined by Lord Daniel Hannan, one of the most thoughtful — and globally fluent — conservative voices in politics.

We go deep on 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.
  • 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.

  
  

  “If we were all Dr. Spock from Star Trek, we’d have done this by now.”

  
  

  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.