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+ | ====Labour Party conference 2014==== | ||
+ | *21th September | ||
+ | :Going it alone: Is self-employment the future of work? Speakers: [[Debbie Abrahams]] MP, [[Rowenna Davis]], [[Doug Henderson], [[Duncan O'Leary]] and [[Stephen Bush]]. | ||
+ | :Not in my backyard! How can planning balance local and national interests? Speakers: [[Hilary Benn]] MP, [[Betsy Dillner]], [[John Longworth]], [[Nigel Milton]] and [[Philip Collins]]. | ||
+ | :Trusting the demos: Does the public always know best? Speakers: [[David Lammy]] MP, [[John McTernan]], [[Kathryn Perera]], [[Joe Twyman] and [[Philip Collins]]. | ||
+ | *22nd September | ||
+ | :Feeding the next generation: Are we failing our children? Speakers[[Andy Burnham]] MP, [[David Lammy]] MP, [[Helen Crichton]], [[June O'Sullivan]] and [[Claudia Wood]]. | ||
+ | :Auto-Enrolment: A new model for sharing risk? Speakers: [[Gregg McClymont]] MP, Dr [[Nigel Wilson]] and [[Duncan O'Leary] | ||
+ | :Brave new choice: Will the new pension freedoms deliver for consumers? Speakers: Dame [[Anne Begg]] MP, [[Laurie Edmans]], [[John Perks]], [[Claudia Wood]] and [[Josephine Cumbo]]. | ||
+ | :Use it wisely: Do smart meters mean smart consumption? Speakers: [[Jonathan Reynolds]] MP, [[Ian Peters]] and [[Claudia Wood]]. | ||
+ | :Going Public: Making private/public partnerships work. Speakers: [[Margaret Hodge]] MP, [[Duncan O'Leary]], [[Mike Spicer]], [[Jon Wakeford]], and [[Philip Collins]]. | ||
+ | :Generation Citizen: Mobilising a new generation of voters. Speakers: [[Sadiq Khan]] MP, [[Jonathan Birdwell]], [[Amy Lamé]], [[Tracey Paul]], [[Michael Sani]] and [[Philip Collins]]. | ||
+ | *23rd September | ||
+ | :The night-time economy: Local solutions to anti-social behaviour. Speakers: [[Diana Johnson]] MP, [[Henry Ashworth]], [[Jonathan Birdwell]], Cllr [[Sophie Linden]] and [[Heather Jameson]]. | ||
+ | :Living with disability: The cost of poverty. Speakers: [[Kate Green]] MP, [[Claudia Wood]] and [[Clare Pelham]]. | ||
+ | :A place called home: How to improve older people's housing. Speakers: [[Roberta Blackman-Woods]] MP and [[Claudia Wood]]. | ||
+ | :The road less travelled: How can schools support pathways into apprenticeships? Speakers: [[Lord Adonis]], [[Alan Bailey]], [[Samantha Ball]], [[Howard Borrington]], [[Kirstie Donnelly]] and [[Jonathan Birdwell]]. | ||
+ | :Community Chest: Could local banks work in the UK? Speakers: [[Lord Glasman]], [[Seema Malhotra]] MP and [[Duncan O'Leary]]. | ||
+ | :A new revolution: Inspiring a more diverse political class. Chaired by [[Rushanara Ali]] MP, speakers: MPs, journalists and UpRising alumni. | ||
+ | :The big 60,000: Could community projects revolutionise energy markets? Speakers: [[Jonathan Reynolds]] MP, [[Juliet Davenport]], [[Ruth Davis]], [[Adam Scorer]] and [[Duncan O'Leary]]. | ||
+ | :London's future: What next for the capital? Speakers: [[Diane Abbott]] MP, [[Lord Adonis]], [[Margaret Hodge]] MP, [[David Lammy]] MP, [[Christian Wolmar]] and [[Colin Stanbridge]]. | ||
+ | :How did Ed do? Review of the Leader's speech featuring social media analysis. Speakers: [[Philip Collins]], [[Bobby Duffy]], [[John McTernan]], [[Sonia Sodha]] and [[Duncan O'Leary]].<ref> [http://www.demos.co.uk/files/demoslabourconf2014.pdf Labour Conference 2014] ''Demos'', accessed 6 October 2014 </ref> | ||
+ | ====Conservative Party Conference 2014==== | ||
+ | *28th September | ||
+ | :Trusting the demos: Does the public always know best? Speakers: [[Dominic Raab]] MP, [[Bobby Duff]], [[David Goodhart]], [[Ferdinand Mount]] and [[Claudia Wood]]. | ||
+ | 29th September | ||
+ | :Changing places: Are we becoming a segregated nation? Speakers: [[James Brokenshire]] MP, Professor [[Eric Kaufman]] and [[David Goodhart]]. | ||
+ | :Brave new choice: Will the new pension freedoms deliver for consumers? Speakers: [[Charlie Elphicke]] MP, [[Andrew Tyrie]] MP, [[John Perks]], [[Jane Vass]], [[Claudia Wood]] and [[David Budworth]]. | ||
+ | :The producers: How can Government and industry increase productivity? Speakers: [[Mark Garnier]] MP, [[John Longworth]], [[Kit Malthouse]], [[Steve Wadey]] and [[Jeni Russell]]. | ||
+ | :A place called home: How to improve older people's housing. Speakers: [[Kris Hopkins]] MP and [[Claudia Wood]] | ||
+ | :Use it wisely: Do smart meters mean smart consumption? Speakers: [[Baroness Verma]], [[Ian Peters]] and [[Duncan O'Leary]]. | ||
+ | :Going it alone: Is self-employment the future of work? Speakers: [[Charlie Elphicke]] MP, [[Brian Binley]] MP, [[Chris Bryce]], [[Rebecca Coulson]], [[Duncan O'Leary]] and [[Tom Clark]]. | ||
+ | :Going public: Making private/public partnerships work. Speakers: [[Jesse Norman]] MP, Professor [[John Bryson]], [[Jon Wakefield]] and [[Philip Collins]]. | ||
+ | *30th September | ||
+ | :Living with disability: Improving employment outcomes. Speakers: [[Mark Harper]] MP, [[Claudia Wood]] and [[Clare Pelham]]. | ||
+ | :The night-time economy: Local solutions to anti-social behaviour. Speakers: [[Andrew Mitchell]] MP, [[Henry Ashworth]] MP, [[Jonathan Birdwell]], [[Jacqui Kennedy]] and Sir [[Hugh Orde]]. | ||
+ | :A healthy relationship: What does the EU do for healthcare? Speakers: [[Charlie Elphicke]] MP, [[George Freeman]] MP, [[Steve Bates]], [[Rob Webster]] and [[Claudia Wood]]. | ||
+ | :Community Chest: Could local banks work in the UK? Speakers: [[Guy Opperman]] MP and [[Duncan O'Leary]]. | ||
+ | :Unrepresentative democracy: Creating a more diverse political class. Speakers: [[Nadhim Zahawi]] MP, [[Jonathan Birdwell]] and [[Andrea Cooper]]. <ref> [http://www.demos.co.uk/files/demosconservativeconf2014.pdf Conservative Conference 2014] ''Demos'', accessed 6 October 2014 </ref> | ||
+ | ====Liberal Democrat Party Conference 2014==== | ||
+ | *5th October | ||
+ | :Trusting the demos: Does the public always know best? Speakers: Sir [[Menzies Campbell]] MP, [[Baroness Falkner]], [[Jodie Ginsberg]] and [[Jonathan Birdwell]]. | ||
+ | :Unrepresentative democracy: Creating a more diverse political class. Speakers: [[Baroness Falkner]], [[Jonathan Birdwell]], [[Andrea Cooper]] and [[John Leech]] MP. | ||
+ | *6th October | ||
+ | :Living with disability: The criminal justice system. Speakers: [[Norman Lamb]] MP, [[Claudia Wood]] and [[Clare Pelham]]. | ||
+ | :Brave new choice: Will the new pension freedoms deliver for consumers? Speakers: [[Steve Webb]] MP, [[Laurie Edmans]], [[John Perks]], [[Jeff Salway]] and [[Claudia Wood]]. | ||
+ | :A place called home: How to improve older people's housing. Speakers: [[Stephen Williams]] MP and [[Claudia Wood]]. | ||
+ | :Going it alone: Is self-employment the future of work? Speakers: [[Roger Williams]] MP, [[Lucy Hurds]], [[Simon McVicker]], [[Duncan O'Leary]] and [[Tom Clark]]. | ||
+ | *7th October | ||
+ | :The future of residential care: The findings of the Demos commission. Speakers: [[Paul Burstow]] MP, Cllr [[Tim Brett]], [[Clare Pelham]] and [[Claudia Wood]]. <ref> [http://www.demos.co.uk/files/demoslibdemconf2014.pdf Liberal Democrat Conference 2014] ''Demos'', accessed 6 October 2014 </ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== |
Revision as of 10:43, 6 October 2014
Demos is ostensibly a left-leaning think tank. However, it has been credited with introducing Thatcherism (policies of reduced state intervention, free markets, and entrepreneurialism) into the Labour party, with the resulting formation of New Labour. It was established in 1993 by Geoff Mulgan and Martin Jaques, former editor of the magazine Marxism Today. Disillusioned with the perceived failure of left-wing politics at the time, they were part of the drive to find a "third way" which was neither socialist nor Thatcherite.
Geoff Mulgan went on to head the policy unit at number ten under Tony Blair and Charles Leadbetter was often a key advisor to Blair. There is also a cross current of researchers going from Demos to Labour policy units and vice versa.
Demos claims to be beyond questions of party affiliation and has recently been hosting visits from David Cameron and publishing the report True Blue[1] advising the Conservatives how to return to power.
This distancing from the Labour Party is perhaps not that surprising. It has always been strongly influenced by neoliberal ideas. The advisory board set up to help create Demos contained many prominent neoliberals including Arthur Seldon who is sometimes described as the architect of Thatcherism. [2]
As can be seen from the list below, Demos relies for a great deal of its funding on its corporate sponsors. A 2005 Demos study into the break up of BT found in favour of doing so. The sponsors of this report were Cable and Wireless who stood to gain if BT was broken up.[3]
Contents
Demos and culture
Demos engages extensively with art and culture. They advised the government on the rebranding of Britain as Cool Britannia and worked on the projects Demos Scotland 2020 and Demos Glasgow 2020 which examined how Scottish culture shaped attitudes.
Conduit for Corporations
In the Dispatches programme ‘Politicians for Hire’, broadcast on 22 March 2010, Patricia Hewitt recommended Demos, along with Policy Exchange, as a think-tank which could be used by corporations seeking to influence government policy. Dispatches had set up a fictional US public affairs company and contacted Hewitt and several senior politicians asking them if they were interested in a position on the advisory board in their London office. Hewitt attended a bogus interview told the undercover reporter:
“Now the think tank and the seminar route I think is a very good one and will remain a good one and so identifying the right think-tank. Policy Exchange is a good one at the moment, Demos is another good one. And saying ok, does that think tank already have a relationship with Minister X? Can we invite Minister X to give a seminar on this subject? Your client would then sponsor the seminar and you do it via the think-tank. And that’s very useful, because what you get for your sponsorship is basically you sit next to the Minister.” [4]
People associated with Demos
- Richard Reeves – director [5]
- John Ashworth
- Sir Douglas Hague
- Stuart Hall
- Chris Ham
- Ian Hargreaves
- Lord Christopher Haskins
- Gerry Hassan
- Gerald Holtham
- Martin Jacques
- David Marquand
- Graham Mather
- Geoff Mulgan
- Yve Newbold
- Sue Richards
- Anita Roddick
- Arthur Seldon
- Lord Dennis Stevenson
- Martin Taylor
- Bob Tyrrell
- Ngaire Woods
- Andrew Mackenzie - Trustee. Between 2005 to 2007, Mackenzie was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Demos. He is no longer in this role but continues his involvement as a Trustee. He is also Non-executive Director with energy firm Centrica, Group Executive and Chief Executive Non Ferrous at BHP Billiton and Chief Executive Diamonds and Minerals with Rio Tinto plc (since 2004). He previously served 22 years with BP plc (in a variety of senior technical and engineering positions before becoming Group Vice President of BP Petrochemicals)[6].
Madeline Bunting
Nick Claydon - trustee - partner at corporate PR Company Brunswick
Simon Cooper - Trustee -
Andrew Mackenzie - Trustee - Chief executive of Industrial Minerals at Rio Tinto, London.
Mitt Rainey - Trustee
Maeve Sherlock - Trustee
Ed Straw - Trustee - Partner at Price Water Cooper House
Hillary Cottam
Arthur Seldon
Groups associated with Demos
Demos' policy entrepreneurs operated from a Mezzanine office as 'charities' engaging in 'social entrepreneurialism'. These exchanged personnel, with funding mostly pirated from the Lottery and put under the control of New Labour 'place men' working unaccountably. 'Individual entrepreneurialism' backed by big business becomes 'venture philanthropy' not 'lobbying'. All the clients who sublet space in the Mezzanine are part of a larger company which trades under the name 'The Mezzanine'. Those were arranged in the office space as below
Civitas and Ashoka in the north mezzanine
- UnLtd across from The Policy Network
- Smartchange across from Carnegie Youth Trust
- The International year of the Volunteer across from Timebank
- Timebank across from New Start
Foreign Policy Centre split into two sections Foreign Policy Centre Community Action Network also split into two sections Community Action Network ERA and below them Demos
Demos, CAN and the FPC took up most of the room, a central corridor divided the offices and there were additional communal meeting rooms. There was a north Mezzanine and a south Mezzanine. There were a total of 13 organisations: (1) Family Education Trust (2) New start Publishing (3) Era (4) Can (5) FPC (6) 3RE Green works Renew Trust (7) Charity Technology Trust (8) Timebank (9) International year of the volunteer (10) Smartchange (11) UnLtd (12) Carnegie (13) Policy Network.
Partners
[8] 3i Age Concern
BDO Stoy Hayward
BECTA
Bell Pottinger
British Energy
British Gas
BT Forum
Building Societies Association
Bull Information Systems
Cable and Wireless
Calouste Gulbenkian
Carnegie Young People's Initiative C&A
CFBT
Channel 4
Commission for Racial Equality
Community Action Network Coopers and Lybrand
Denplan Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Department for Education and Skills
Department of Trade and Industry
Design Council
Edexcel Foundation
EDS Ltd
egovernment solutions
ELWa - Education and Learning in Wales
Environment Agency
EzGov
Further education Development Fund
Forum for the Future
HEDRA Limited
IBM
ICA
I&DeA
Institute of Management
Jobs for the Future
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Ketchum Communications
Kids' Club Network
KPMG Consulting
Lifelong Learning Foundation
London Arts Board
London Tourist Board
Mercury
MMO2
NAHT
National College for School Leadership
National House-Building Council
National Union of Teachers
National Westminster Bank
Nationwide Building Society
NatWest Group
NatWest Life
NESTA New Opportunities Fund
North Southwark EAZ
Northern Foods
Norwich Union
Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
PAULO
Pearson
Pre-School Learning Alliance
ProShare
Prudential
Prudential Plc
Reed Personnel Services Plc
Resource
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Scottish and Newcastle
Scottish Power
SEEVEAZ
Sequent Computer Systems Ltd
Shell International
Solace
Solar Foundation
Sorrel Foundation
Tesco
Thames Water
The Architecture Foundation
The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
The Camelot Foundation
The Charities Aid Foundation
The City of Athens
The Corporation of London
The Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust
The Economic and Social Research Council
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
The Government of Ireland
The Government of Italy
The Housing Corporation
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The Lattice Foundation
The London Planning Advisory Committee
The Lord Ashdown Charitable Settlement
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
The RAC
The Tedworth Charitable Trust
Tomorrow's People
T-Mobile (UK)
UKISC
Various local authorities
VSNTO
VSO
John Wiley and Sons
Woolworths
Events
Fringe Events
Labour Party conference 2014
- 21th September
- Going it alone: Is self-employment the future of work? Speakers: Debbie Abrahams MP, Rowenna Davis, [[Doug Henderson], Duncan O'Leary and Stephen Bush.
- Not in my backyard! How can planning balance local and national interests? Speakers: Hilary Benn MP, Betsy Dillner, John Longworth, Nigel Milton and Philip Collins.
- Trusting the demos: Does the public always know best? Speakers: David Lammy MP, John McTernan, Kathryn Perera, [[Joe Twyman] and Philip Collins.
- 22nd September
- Feeding the next generation: Are we failing our children? SpeakersAndy Burnham MP, David Lammy MP, Helen Crichton, June O'Sullivan and Claudia Wood.
- Auto-Enrolment: A new model for sharing risk? Speakers: Gregg McClymont MP, Dr Nigel Wilson and [[Duncan O'Leary]
- Brave new choice: Will the new pension freedoms deliver for consumers? Speakers: Dame Anne Begg MP, Laurie Edmans, John Perks, Claudia Wood and Josephine Cumbo.
- Use it wisely: Do smart meters mean smart consumption? Speakers: Jonathan Reynolds MP, Ian Peters and Claudia Wood.
- Going Public: Making private/public partnerships work. Speakers: Margaret Hodge MP, Duncan O'Leary, Mike Spicer, Jon Wakeford, and Philip Collins.
- Generation Citizen: Mobilising a new generation of voters. Speakers: Sadiq Khan MP, Jonathan Birdwell, Amy Lamé, Tracey Paul, Michael Sani and Philip Collins.
- 23rd September
- The night-time economy: Local solutions to anti-social behaviour. Speakers: Diana Johnson MP, Henry Ashworth, Jonathan Birdwell, Cllr Sophie Linden and Heather Jameson.
- Living with disability: The cost of poverty. Speakers: Kate Green MP, Claudia Wood and Clare Pelham.
- A place called home: How to improve older people's housing. Speakers: Roberta Blackman-Woods MP and Claudia Wood.
- The road less travelled: How can schools support pathways into apprenticeships? Speakers: Lord Adonis, Alan Bailey, Samantha Ball, Howard Borrington, Kirstie Donnelly and Jonathan Birdwell.
- Community Chest: Could local banks work in the UK? Speakers: Lord Glasman, Seema Malhotra MP and Duncan O'Leary.
- A new revolution: Inspiring a more diverse political class. Chaired by Rushanara Ali MP, speakers: MPs, journalists and UpRising alumni.
- The big 60,000: Could community projects revolutionise energy markets? Speakers: Jonathan Reynolds MP, Juliet Davenport, Ruth Davis, Adam Scorer and Duncan O'Leary.
- London's future: What next for the capital? Speakers: Diane Abbott MP, Lord Adonis, Margaret Hodge MP, David Lammy MP, Christian Wolmar and Colin Stanbridge.
- How did Ed do? Review of the Leader's speech featuring social media analysis. Speakers: Philip Collins, Bobby Duffy, John McTernan, Sonia Sodha and Duncan O'Leary.[9]
Conservative Party Conference 2014
- 28th September
- Trusting the demos: Does the public always know best? Speakers: Dominic Raab MP, Bobby Duff, David Goodhart, Ferdinand Mount and Claudia Wood.
29th September
- Changing places: Are we becoming a segregated nation? Speakers: James Brokenshire MP, Professor Eric Kaufman and David Goodhart.
- Brave new choice: Will the new pension freedoms deliver for consumers? Speakers: Charlie Elphicke MP, Andrew Tyrie MP, John Perks, Jane Vass, Claudia Wood and David Budworth.
- The producers: How can Government and industry increase productivity? Speakers: Mark Garnier MP, John Longworth, Kit Malthouse, Steve Wadey and Jeni Russell.
- A place called home: How to improve older people's housing. Speakers: Kris Hopkins MP and Claudia Wood
- Use it wisely: Do smart meters mean smart consumption? Speakers: Baroness Verma, Ian Peters and Duncan O'Leary.
- Going it alone: Is self-employment the future of work? Speakers: Charlie Elphicke MP, Brian Binley MP, Chris Bryce, Rebecca Coulson, Duncan O'Leary and Tom Clark.
- Going public: Making private/public partnerships work. Speakers: Jesse Norman MP, Professor John Bryson, Jon Wakefield and Philip Collins.
- 30th September
- Living with disability: Improving employment outcomes. Speakers: Mark Harper MP, Claudia Wood and Clare Pelham.
- The night-time economy: Local solutions to anti-social behaviour. Speakers: Andrew Mitchell MP, Henry Ashworth MP, Jonathan Birdwell, Jacqui Kennedy and Sir Hugh Orde.
- A healthy relationship: What does the EU do for healthcare? Speakers: Charlie Elphicke MP, George Freeman MP, Steve Bates, Rob Webster and Claudia Wood.
- Community Chest: Could local banks work in the UK? Speakers: Guy Opperman MP and Duncan O'Leary.
- Unrepresentative democracy: Creating a more diverse political class. Speakers: Nadhim Zahawi MP, Jonathan Birdwell and Andrea Cooper. [10]
Liberal Democrat Party Conference 2014
- 5th October
- Trusting the demos: Does the public always know best? Speakers: Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Baroness Falkner, Jodie Ginsberg and Jonathan Birdwell.
- Unrepresentative democracy: Creating a more diverse political class. Speakers: Baroness Falkner, Jonathan Birdwell, Andrea Cooper and John Leech MP.
- 6th October
- Living with disability: The criminal justice system. Speakers: Norman Lamb MP, Claudia Wood and Clare Pelham.
- Brave new choice: Will the new pension freedoms deliver for consumers? Speakers: Steve Webb MP, Laurie Edmans, John Perks, Jeff Salway and Claudia Wood.
- A place called home: How to improve older people's housing. Speakers: Stephen Williams MP and Claudia Wood.
- Going it alone: Is self-employment the future of work? Speakers: Roger Williams MP, Lucy Hurds, Simon McVicker, Duncan O'Leary and Tom Clark.
- 7th October
- The future of residential care: The findings of the Demos commission. Speakers: Paul Burstow MP, Cllr Tim Brett, Clare Pelham and Claudia Wood. [11]
Affiliations
Contact, References and Resources
Contact
Resources
- George Parker, Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in, Financial Times, 27 August 2008.
- William Clark The Tainted Word Variant, issue 13, Summer 2001
- Sourcewatch entry: Demos
References
- ↑ http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/trueblue accessed 16 April 2008
- ↑ "Obituary: Arthur Seldon', The Economist, undated in archived form, accessed February 2009.
- ↑ Alex Law The Conformist Imagination, Variant magazine, No. 23, Summer 2005, accessed February 2009.
- ↑ Patricia Hewitt. Interview. In: Dispatches, ‘Politicians for Hire’, Channel 4, 22 March 2010, 20:00 hrs.
- ↑ George Parker, Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in, Financial Times, 27 August 2008.
- ↑ Centrica Management Accessed 26th August 2008
- ↑ [1] accessed 14 April 2008
- ↑ [2]accessed 16 April 2006
- ↑ Labour Conference 2014 Demos, accessed 6 October 2014
- ↑ Conservative Conference 2014 Demos, accessed 6 October 2014
- ↑ Liberal Democrat Conference 2014 Demos, accessed 6 October 2014