JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A leader of the Brexit movement is now the head of a conservative think tank in the American South.
Douglas Carswell is now CEO and president of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. Carswell was a member of Parliament in Britain for 12 years.
He was a co-founder of the Vote Leave campaign that pushed the Brexit referendum in 2016. Carswell says he has had a growing interest in working in America.
Carswell says he believes freedom in the U.S. is “under attack” from a “radical New Left.”
Two main areas of interest in Mississippi are school choice and economic expansion.
This Jan. 6, 2021 photo shows Douglas Carswell in Jackson, Miss. Carswell, a leader of the Brexit movement and newly appointed government trade advisor in the United Kingdom is the new head of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
Douglas Carswell, a former member of Parliament in Britain for 12 years, and new President and CEO of The Mississippi Center for Public Policy, speaks of his duties at the free-market, conservative think tank based in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
Douglas Carswell, a former member of Parliament in Britain for 12 years, and new President and CEO of The Mississippi Center for Public Policy, is photographed before the logo of the free-market, conservative think tank based in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
Douglas Carswell, a former member of Parliament in Britain for 12 years, and new President and CEO of The Mississippi Center for Public Policy, speaks of his duties at the free-market, conservative think tank based in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
