Political Scrapbook tried their hardest to give the Policy Exchange think tank a slap earlier, finding only a pitiful number of connected people in comparison to Labour wonkshop IPPR. Safe to say the list of Labour-linked acolytes over there is considerably longer:
IPPR Trustees
Lord Andrew Adonis – Labour Peer; Shadow Infrastructure Minister
David Clayton – Economic Advisor to David Miliband, FCO , 2008 – 2010
Caroline Daniel – Worked as researcher to Gordon Brown for 18 months
John Eatwell – Labour Peer; Economic advisor to Neil Kinnock, 1985 – 1992
David Pitt-Watson – Management and Business Policy Adviser to Labour
Jane Roberts – Ex-Labour Councillor; Leader of Camden Council 2000 – 2005
IPPR Staff
Nick Pearce (Director) – Former Special Adviser to Gordon Brown
Lisa Perrin (Events Manager) – Former Special Adviser to Gordon Brown
Anthony Vigor (Former Fellow) – Former Special Adviser to Gordon Brown
Richard Darlington (Head of News) – Former Special Adviser in DfID
Graeme Cooke (Research Director) – Adviser to James Purnell 2008 – 2009
Ed Cox (Northern Director) – Policy Adviser to Hazel Blears
Tony Dolphin (Associate Director – Economic Adviser in HM Treasury
Rick Muir (Associate Director ) – Labour Councillor in the Hackney
Will Straw (Associate Director) Labour PPC for Rossendale and Darwen.
Sarah Mulley (Associate Director ) – Senior Policy Analyst at HMT
Graeme Henderson (Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North) – Labour member
Kayte Lawton (Senior Research Fellow) – Labour supporter
Bill Davies (Research Fellow, IPPR North) – Labour Councillor
Mark Rowney (Research Fellow) – Labour member
Luke Raikes (Researcher, IPPR North) – Labour Councillo
Policy Advisory Council
Lord Kumar Bhattacharya: Labour Peer
Neil Kinnock: Leader of the Labour Party 1983-1992
Charles Leadbetter: Former Advisor to Tony Blair in No. 10 Policy Unit
Associate IPPR Fellows
Will Cook – Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, June 2005 – March 2009
Joe Farrington-Harris – Health Policy Adviser, Labour Party, 2011
Andy Hull – Labour Borough Councillor, Islington Borough Council;
Michael Jacobs – Special Adviser to Gordon Brown at Number 10
Sophie Moullin – , Prime Minister’s Strategy
Will Paxton – spent two years in Number 10
Nigel Warner – Former Special Adviser to Tessa Jowell at DCMS
Marc Stears – Chief Speechwriter for Ed Miliband
Rob Allen – Executive Committee Member of ‘Labour in the City’,
Gabriel Scally – Aide to Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham
Guido awaits the Charity Commission’s decision on whether IPPR has breached their strict rules on political impartiality with great interest. As will the Centre for Social Justice and the PM’s favourite think tank…