Massey University Professor Paul Spoonley says the New Conservative members likely felt they were in a war around identity.
“They tend to be deeply sceptical of a lot of mainstream institutions and at times you’ll see conspiracy theories coming through,” he says. “For example you will see online, that some of the members believe that the Prime Minister is a Marxist and is a puppet of, let’s say, a Chinese communism.”
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