Ian Paisley Jr, an MP for the Democratic Unionist Party, has accused Britain of being "ashamed" of its own values, demanding the nation stops hiding from its own history.
Speaking to GB News at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference (Arc) in London, Paisley Jr called for the UK to "learn" from its mistakes, but not to shy away from them.
He claimed the UK Government is "scared of being honest", demanding they form a more positive approach to society.
Arc is an organisation that was established as "an international community with a vision for a better world".
Its mission is to generate a new approach to society, which would allow everyone to "prosper, contribute and flourish".
Asked whether the UK is going wrong in its approach to its own history, Paisley Jr said: "The values of our state are really Christian values - positive things, like building a better society.
"If you're ashamed of that and if you try to burden that with all the mistakes made, hey, all of us have feet of clay.
"Our best heroes, even our woke heroes, have feet of clay. So no matter who was there, they're not perfect.
"But that's okay, because no one is.
"Let's actually learn from those things and build from those things and build a positive society from it. And this conference is helping us get there."
Asked where the UK is falling down, Paisley Jr said: "They're scared of their own values.
"They're scared of being honest. And they have to conform. Conformity is awful. So be honest. Speak out. Speak up. And have something to say."
He added: "Yes, it might be controversial. Boo hoo. It's okay.
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"You can actually have a controversial view and you can actually put those things forward."
The conference has seen speeches from speakers including Canadian psychologist Jordan B Peterson and presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
In his speech yesterday, Peterson has hit out at identity politics, claiming it is "tearing us apart".
He told delegates that "concerns about identity" lead to a "pathway that's marked out by nothing but...self-serving hedonism".
