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[[Policy Exchange]] is a neoconservative think tank with close ties to Conservative leader [[David Cameron]].<ref>Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], The Guardian, 26 September 2008.</ref> It was launched in April 2002 by [[Francis Maude]] and [[Archie Norman]] with [[Nicholas Boles]] as its founding director.<ref>Ed Vaizey, The New Breed of Policy Wonk is a Doer and a Thinker, Sunday Times, 14 July 2002.</ref> It is part of the [[Stockholm Network]].<ref>[http://www.stockholm-network.org/network/details.php Thnk Tank details], Stockholm Network, accessed 7 April 2009.</ref>
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[[Policy Exchange]] is a neoconservative think tank with close ties to Conservative leader [[David Cameron]].<ref>Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], The Guardian, 26 September 2008.</ref> It was launched in April 2002 by [[Francis Maude]] and [[Archie Norman]] with [[Nicholas Boles]] as its founding director.<ref>Ed Vaizey, The New Breed of Policy Wonk is a Doer and a Thinker, Sunday Times, 14 July 2002.</ref> It is part of the [[Stockholm Network]]<ref>[http://www.stockholm-network.org/network/details.php Thnk Tank details], Stockholm Network, accessed 7 April 2009.</ref> and is based in [[Tufton Street]] a stone's throw from Parliament.
  
 
''The Guardian'' noted in 2008 that Policy Exchange's pamphlets on Islam had attracted 'protracted and serious controversy'.<ref>Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], The Guardian, 26 September 2008.</ref>
 
''The Guardian'' noted in 2008 that Policy Exchange's pamphlets on Islam had attracted 'protracted and serious controversy'.<ref>Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], The Guardian, 26 September 2008.</ref>

Revision as of 23:10, 18 July 2009

Policy Exchange is a neoconservative think tank with close ties to Conservative leader David Cameron.[1] It was launched in April 2002 by Francis Maude and Archie Norman with Nicholas Boles as its founding director.[2] It is part of the Stockholm Network[3] and is based in Tufton Street a stone's throw from Parliament.

The Guardian noted in 2008 that Policy Exchange's pamphlets on Islam had attracted 'protracted and serious controversy'.[4]

External Resources

References

  1. Andy Beckett, What can they be thinking?, The Guardian, 26 September 2008.
  2. Ed Vaizey, The New Breed of Policy Wonk is a Doer and a Thinker, Sunday Times, 14 July 2002.
  3. Thnk Tank details, Stockholm Network, accessed 7 April 2009.
  4. Andy Beckett, What can they be thinking?, The Guardian, 26 September 2008.