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The Taxpayers’ Alliance may get a lot of TV airtime, but who are they really?
The Taxpayers’ Alliance likes to talk about government funding. But it keeps its own funding completely secret, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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THE Taxpayers’ Alliance is on the TV a lot. Just this week its spokesperson Chloe Westley was on BBC Question Time, Marr on Sunday and BBC Daily Politics. They are one of the key right-wing voices in the media.
So what is the Taxpayers’ Alliance, and why does it get such access to the TV studios? I asked them the most basic questions — who is allying with who?
Who are its members, and how do they join? How does it decide its policies? I spoke to its spokesman on its 24-hour media phone line and emailed follow-up questions and got no response at all. The normally talkative Taxpayers’ Alliance went very quiet when I asked who they really are.
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