Talk:Civitas (think tank)

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Political Leaning

Isn't Civitas right wing? It calls for changing the NHS which is odd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.76.79.237 (talk) 04:04, 8 July 2012 (UTC) Lol, any tampering with the nhs HAS to be right-wing (rolls eyes) 82.31.236.245 (talk) 22:54, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can roll your eyes, but this page is very lacking in saying anything about the political leanings or philosophies of the think tank. A think tank which chooses to publish a book that has been publicly lauded by a Conservative party minister, and which for at least some of its output supports Conservative party policies may have some ideological links. Equally, if these are two unusual examples of alignment where in other areas the Civitas recommendations lean in different directions, that would be worth noting. Off to find some information... Djlivi (talk) 09:55, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Civitas does appear across the board - generally pro-banking regulation, supportive of measures to promote British manufacturing and construction (including through privatisation of motorways), pro-core curriculum for schools, against excessive use of tests and league tables in schools, against wind-farms and 'green' regulation, somewhat anti-EU etc etc. You can see this from their press releases Civitas press releases. de Waal has written critical articles on schools Academies for the Guardian, but at the same time Civitas has helped set up an independent and private primary school. David Green is also a former Labour councillor. So politically Civitas doesn't fit easily into traditional UK 'left-right', but overall I think the picture is liberal but strongly supportive of manufacturing and industry rather than financial services. But this is all original research, so don't see how to put this into the article itself. I certainly don't think Civitas is 'neutral', rather its politics, ideology and beliefs are ones that don't fall into traditional UK party political lines Djlivi (talk) 11:02, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

External Links

Why is the London Boxing Academy in the list of links? Doesn't seem to have any relationship to this topic.