A protester who disrupted the National Conservatism Conference with a speech about fascism says he was let in to the exclusive event because he was “an elderly white man without a social media presence”.
Prog rock musician Dirk Campbell, 72, blagged his way into the conference that had barred a number of left-leaning publications, including openDemocracy, Byline Times and Novara Media.
Asked on the application form for his social media profiles, Campbell told the administrators he was a “techno-klutz” and listed only a website linked to his business as a composer, which contained “nothing contentious”.
