"THE REAL DIVIDE IS NO LONGER ECONOMIC, BUT IDENTITY-BASED”

Le Regard Libre: April 2026: PopCon Drector, Mark Littlewood, is interviewed by Antoine Lévêque on the future of the right.

If you want to know where the next decade of British politics is being won or lost, you have to look beyond the spreadsheet-driven managerialism of the Westminster bubble.

In an extensive feature for the April 2026 issue of the Swiss magazine Le Regard Libre, Mark Littlewood sat down with Antoine Lévêque to explain why the old rules of politics are being torn up.

For those who do not speak French, we have broken down the key takeaways from the interview. Mark’s message was clear: the era of "politics as accounting" is over. We are now in a battle for the very soul and sovereignty of our nation.

The End of the "Managerial" Right

Mark’s first major point is that the traditional battle between the Market and the State has been superseded. The public is no longer interested in which party can manage the status quo slightly more efficiently; they want to know who will defend their way of life.

"Today, the central divide pits progressives against conservatives much more clearly. The point of discord, from now on, is identity, culture, sovereignty, norms, the nation, and institutions, much more than economics in the strict sense."

Dethroning the Blairite Legacy

A core pillar of the Popular Conservatism movement is the realisation that we are still living in a constitutional house built by Tony Blair. Mark argues that true conservatism isn't about being a "passive administrator" of someone else's left-wing reforms. It is about having the courage to dismantle them.

"Conservatism, in the current context, does not consist of passively administering the inherited order of the last decades. It consists above all of challenging the constitutional reforms initiated under Tony Blair."

The "Club" Model for Britain

On the high-stakes issue of immigration, Mark cuts through the noise with a common-sense analogy that resonates just as strongly in Switzerland as it does in the UK. He challenges the idea that a nation is just an abstract labour market, arguing instead that it is a community with a right to set its own rules.

"For me, a country resembles a club: one can enter it, but there are entry conditions, entry fees if one wants to use that image, and above all rules of good conduct to respect."

Taking Back the Democratic Reins

Finally, Mark addresses the "technocratic logic" that has seen fundamental decisions handed over to unelected bodies and international treaties and bodies like the ECHR. For Mark, the legacy of Brexit isn't just about trade—it is about the fundamental right of the British people to be the masters of their own destiny.

"I saw more and more clearly that we could not continue to act as if fundamental decisions could be permanently removed from national democratic deliberation. Brexit was... first and foremost a matter of self-government."

The Path Forward

In the final part of the interview, Mark lays out a roadmap for a genuine political alternative. He emphasises the need for an intellectual and political framework that can "break with the technocratic management of the country's affairs" in favour of democracy and national identity. This transition, he says, requires challenging the "ideological homogeneity" found in the British public service and fostering media diversity to ensure dissident voices are heard. Ultimately, Mark argues that the right must adopt a "broader intellectual positioning" that values history and culture as much as economic doctrine.

He concludes with the conviction that a government truly determined to save Great Britain cannot always prioritise "prudence" over the necessary actions required to put the country back on track.

The full interview in French can be found here: Le Regard Libre No. 125 April 2026 (££).