“Disappointing” and “shit” was how some attendees summarised the inaugural(首次的，开幕的) CPAC GB conference in Greenwich on July 16th-18th. The event, hosted by Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving(任期最短的) prime minister, was inspired by America’s influential Conservative Political Action Conference. Intended as a show of strength for the new right in Britain, it was an advert for its weakness.(本意是展示英国新右翼的力量，结果却成了其软弱的广告。)
“令人失望”和“狗屎”是一些与会者对7月16日至18日在格林威治举行的首届CPAC GB大会的总结。这场活动由英国任期最短的首相利兹·特拉斯主持，灵感来自美国颇具影响力的保守派政治行动会议。本意是展示英国新右翼的力量，结果却成了其软弱的广告。
Worse than the empty seats were the empty ideas. If CPAC GB was your introduction to British politics, you would come away thinking that Sir Keir Starmer was a communist and that the country is ruled by a sinister coalition of jihadis and “homo-Leninists” funded by George Soros and the Fabian Society (a left-leaning think-tank increasingly singled out as the force shaping Soviet Britain).(如果CPAC GB是你了解英国政治的入门，你会以为基尔·斯塔默是共产主义者，国家被邪恶联盟统治。)
比空座位更糟糕的是空洞的思想。如果CPAC GB是你了解英国政治的入门，你会以为基尔·斯塔默爵士是共产主义者，国家被一个由圣战分子和“同性恋列宁主义者”组成的邪恶联盟统治，而这些人由乔治·索罗斯和费边社（一个日益被指为塑造“苏维埃英国”力量的左倾智库）资助。
In principle CPAC exists to provide a platform for conservatives to share ideas. Britain’s instalment(一期，一届) felt more like a Reform UK rally. Its leader, Nigel Farage(奈杰尔·法拉奇，英国脱欧领袖), who pulled by far the biggest crowd, used his platform to slate(抨击，严厉批评) both the Conservative Party and Restore Britain, a breakaway far-right party. But in the foyer disgruntled(不满的，不高兴的) attendees questioned why Tommy Robinson(汤米·罗宾逊，极右翼活动家) and Restore’s leader, Rupert Lowe, hadn’t been invited.
原则上，CPAC的存在是为保守派提供分享思想的平台。但英国这一届感觉更像是一场改革英国党的集会。其领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇吸引了最多的人群，他利用自己的平台抨击了保守党和分裂出去的极右翼政党“恢复英国”。但在大厅里，不满的与会者质疑为什么汤米·罗宾逊和“恢复英国”的领袖鲁珀特·洛没有被邀请。