I've written for Comment is free trade today about the centre right think tanks. I've suggested three roles for them in the next two years insofar as they aspire to influence what might be the beginning of a long period of Conservative governance:
- Grooming personnel for playing a role in government;
- Challenging the Tories to be bolder (and I question Policy Exchange's closeness to Project Cameron);
- Filling some of the gaps in Tory policy capacity (especially in foreign policy thinking).
