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    Retired Consultant, CIO, Project Management Professional & Engineer. First principles thinker. Tired of superficial media simply republishing press releases without critical analysis. Writing about contentious issues like Net Zero & Energy Policy.

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    British writer/researcher. Author of Killjoys, Polemics, The Spirit Level Delusion, The Art of Suppression and Velvet Glove, Iron Fist. Head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs.

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    Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Views my own.

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    Director of Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Former Special Adviser at the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, and DLUHC.

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    Daniel Hannan is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and president of the Institute for Free Trade. He is a graduate of Oriel College, Oxford

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    Senior Economist at the IEA, researching barriers to UK economic growth and productivity. Previously at HM Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade, covering cash policy, the WTO, and trade agreements including CPTPP.

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