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HARDtalk: Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica

20/10/2009

Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica

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The self-described 'Red Tory' thinker discusses whether the Tories can be progressive.

Stephen Sackur talks to Phillip Blond, director of think tank ResPublica, self-described 'Red Tory' and favourite of David Cameron. Can the Tories be the progressive party?

The opinion polls suggest that Britain will soon get its first Conservative government in thirteen years. The last Conservative era under Margaret Thatcher was driven by a free market philosophy. What is the big idea for this generation of Tories? Phillip Blond is the self-described 'Red Tory' thinker, whose ideas have found favour with Conservative leader David Cameron. Can the Tories really be the progressive party?

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