John Redwood

John Redwood Credentials Background John Redwood is a Conservative Party politician and has been the MP for Wokingham since 1987. Between 1993 and 1995, Redwood held the position of Secretary of State for Wales under John Major, before resigning from the cabinet to stand against Major in the Conservative Party leadership election of June 1995. […]

Ruth Lea

Ruth Lea Credentials Ruth Lea read economics and statistics at York and Bristol Universities and attended Lymm Grammar School in Cheshire, according to an archived keynote speaker profile. Background Ruth Lea is a political economist and former civil servant. A commentator on economic and political affairs, […]

Centre for Policy Studies

Background The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is a free-market thinktank founded by Sir Keith Joseph and former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1974, promoting an ideology of small government and economic liberalism. Although the CPS claims to be non-partisan, historically it has been closely linked to the Conservative Party, with a strong influence on British […]

Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock Credentials Background Matt Hancock was a Conservative MP for West Suffolk between 2010-2024, and did not stand for re-election in the July 2024 general election. Following the Cabinet reshuffle on […]

Business for Britain

Business for Britain Background Business for Britain (BfB) was founded in 2013 as a campaign group for business leaders supporting a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. It was founded by Matthew Elliott, founder and former Chief Executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, one of the right-wing organisations occupying 55 Tufton Street, where Business for […]

Climate Study Group

Climate Study Group Background The Climate Study Group is an unincorporated group of seven Australian conservative men that was formed in 2009 under the name “Fair Farming Group.” The Climate Study group is known for taking out a series of advertisements in The Australian newspaper, but has […]

Legatum Institute

Legatum Institute The Legatum Institute was been renamed to The Prosperity Institute in May 2024. Background The Legatum Institute (LI) was founded in 2007 by the Legatum Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dubai-based investment firm the Legatum Group.2“Londoner’s Diary: Love’s Legatum Lost in […]

TaxPayers’ Alliance

TaxPayers’ Alliance Background The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) is a UK lobby group that campaigns for low taxes, less government intervention and greater transparency with taxpayer money. The TPA was founded in 2004 by Matthew Elliott, subsequently Chief Executive of the official pro-Brexit campaign Vote Leave, and Andrew Allum, a partner at L.E.K Consulting.1“Our history,” Taxpayers’ Alliance. Archived […]

Harold Hamm

Harold Hamm Credentials Background Harold G. Hamm is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Continental Resources, an oil company he established in 1967. Hamm is also the co-founder and chairman of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA). He stepped down as chief executive of Continental in December 2019, however would remain in the […]

Olavi Kärner

Olavi Kärner (Deceased) Credentials Background Olavi Kärner (1942-2016) was a former research associate at the Tartu Observatory in Toravere, Estonia. According to a speaker profile on the Heartland Institute’s “International Conferences on Climate Change”, website, Kärner’s scientific interests included “time series […]