Progressive My Arse
December 18, 2004

I recently visited the site for the Institute for Public Policy Research.

What is the first thing I see?

“ippr is the UK’s leading progressive think tank”

Oh dear. If there’s one thing I can’t stand (and believe me, there are many more than one) it’s organisations which claim to be “The UK’s favourite…”, “The world’s best”, “London’s leading…”.

According to who exactly?