LONDON: Right-wing figures from around the world met in London on Monday as the leader of the UK`s main opposition party hailed the dawn of a `new conservative century`.

Organisers said about 4,000 people were expected to take part in this year`s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) meeting, which railed against `woke capitalism`, economic regulation and multiculturalism at its first conference in late 2023.

Donald Trump`s fiery return to the White House has emboldened many right-wing politicians and UK Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch said the conference filled her with `hope`.

`We stand at the dawn of the new conservative century with so much opportunity and possibility,` she said. But she warned: `If we throw this opportunity away because of anger, or self-doubt or weakness, our country and all of Western civilisation will be lost`.

`That is why we, the next generation of conservatives, must lead the world back from the precipice,` she said. `It is time to speak the truth.` The ARC was founded by controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and among those set to attend the three-day event were former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott and Chris Wright, the American fracking magnate and climate change sceptic Trump has appointed to lead the country`s Energy Department.

Republican billionaire businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Kevin Roberts, head of ultraconservative US think tank The Heritage Foundation, were also set to appear, while US Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed the conference via video link.

Johnson closed his speech on Monday by saying `this is our civilisational moment, we have to seize this opportunity, and by God`s grace, we will.`-AFP