‘Disillusioned’ Institute of Economic Affairs advisor criticises hard Brexit think tank – while new documents show it privately benefited from furlough scheme it publicly attacked.
Tory prime minister hopeful, who pledged to suspend Parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit, had an undeclared meeting with a ‘dark money’-funded think tank promoting a hard Brexit.
As Tory MPs resign in protest at the malign influence of hardline Brexiters, documents show the “unfettered” access to ministers and senior politicians enjoyed by secretive think tanks such as the IEA that are “marching the country” to a no-deal Brexit.
The Institute of Economic Affairs’ magazine distributed to tens of
thousands of British schoolchildren promotes tobacco tax cuts, climate
change denial, tax havens, and privatising the NHS – but doesn’t say
where its money comes from
