Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica

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?