A new report has claimed that left-wing think tanks are more transparent than their right-wing counterparts. New left-wing pressure group Who Funds You awards an A-rating to the likes of left-of-centre campaigns IPPR, Progress and Compass, while laying into the right-of-centre Adam Smith Institute and the Taxpayers’ Alliance for their supposed lack of openness. Ignoring of course that right-of-centre think tanks don’t usually take public money from the taxpayers. Left-wing think tanks benefit from a lot of taxpayers’ money, IPPR for example got £800,000 of taxpayers’ money via the EU…
UPDATE: The ASI have hit back:
Great news – the Adam Smith Institute has been ranked top for respecting donor privacy: http://t.co/4JhrKeth
— Adam Smith Institute (@ASI) June 21, 2012
For the avoidance of doubt, we don't take money from the state. All donations are voluntary. Wish all think tanks could say the same.
— Adam Smith Institute (@ASI) June 21, 2012
Touché…
