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Making the IEA ‘Freer’ to espouse Tory ideology
SOLOMON HUGHES writes on the not-so-hidden links between a new Tory think tank and the Institute for Economic Affairs. Plus, what's a Brexiteer doing working for Umunna?
The IEA is a big fan of the free-market economic policies of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

THE Conservatives know they badly need a positive message. The Tories can feel Labour’s challenge growing. The ongoing grind of austerity is opening up voters to Corbyn’s message of radical change. 

The purely negative messages the Tories wanted to rely on — Corbyn is a communist, an anti-semite, a nazi, a terrorist lover, etc — aren’t working. 

So many Conservatives are looking for positive messages and a new generation of MPs to deliver them. From the right of the party Liz Truss thinks a new think tank called Freer will help. 

Chuka Umunna’s love-in with the Blue Brexiteer

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