defending ResPublica

Anthony Barnett recently wrote a thoughtful critical analysis of ResPublica, Phillip Blond's new think tank. The article pays me the unprecedented complement of suggesting I was involved in a conspiracy of silence surrounding ResPublica, seeing as I've been appointed one of it's fellows. In the fine spirit of openDemocracy, they invited me to respond, defending ResPublica to whatever extent I chose, which I've since done in this piece. There's clearly a fine line between defending aspects of a 'Red Tory' political economy and becoming politically aligned with actual Tories, but I think I just about avoid crossing it. It was similar with this piece from a few months back. If however you disagree, feel free to unload any anti-Tory vitriol against me in the comments field below.