MONDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2026 : 7PM : ONLINE WITH LORD (MATT) RIDLEY
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Scrapping quangos, rethinking climate targets, and restoring economic growth and democratic accountability
PopConversations is a series of online conversations with leading figures who are shaping UK conservative thinking.
On Monday 2nd February at 7pm, PopCon Director Mark Littlewood was joined by writer, peer, and leading free-market thinker Lord (Matt) Ridley DL FRSL FMedSci.
Matt Ridley is one of Britain’s most influential advocates of growth, innovation, and liberal democracy. A former science editor of The Economist and the author of The Rational Optimist, he has long challenged bureaucratic overreach, regulatory sprawl, and the rise of anti-growth orthodoxy in environmental and economic policy.
This is a rare opportunity to hear straight talk from one of the UK’s most clear-thinking and intellectually independent conservative voices.