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William F Buckley worshipped British conservatism. But now the movement he created looks on Britain with contempt
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The closing of the Anglophile mind
New Statesman (United Kingdom) | Jul 25, 2026
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Political movements can learn from the successes and failures of their international counterparts without requiring uniform approval or outright rejection of entire traditions.
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American conservatives owe no special deference to British institutions merely because earlier leaders admired them, and must evaluate policies on merit regardless of their origin.
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American conservatism has correctly abandoned admiration for British institutions, which have proven unable to defend traditional values against progressive capture.
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Buckley's reverence for British conservatism reflected a genuine intellectual tradition that contemporary American conservatives dismiss out of tribal loyalty rather than reasoned critique.
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The shift from Buckley's Anglophilia to contempt for Britain reflects not intellectual evolution but the rise of populism and anti-establishment sentiment within American conservatism.
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The closing of the Anglophile mind represents a loss of cosmopolitan conservatism in favour of nationalist resentment.
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Any serious political tradition must be open to learning from other democracies while also remaining free to criticise specific policies without abandonment of principle.
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A healthy conservative movement must maintain critical dialogue across traditions rather than cycling between uncritical worship and blanket dismissal of allied democracies.
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Britain's embrace of mass immigration and state expansion has vindicated American conservatives who broke from Buckley's model of deference to Westminster.
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Contempt for Britain serves as a proxy for deeper disputes within American conservatism about populism, nationalism, and the value of institutional restraint.
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