Maya Forstater

their other tactic is to try to discredit and bully other commentators

and to oversimplify debate, as article points out.

I feel I should note in this context that strategic policy & debate influence by no means unique here.

I agree campaigners shld do what they do 2 influence policy. But journalists & orgs also need 2 do their job well @JudithFreedman

Certainly. Though again, that applies generally. Not specific to TJN or NGOs more broadly in tax policy arena.

but cornering as described here sounds like deception.

One problem is that advisers generally stay out of debate. No upside for us and plenty of downside.

I'm sure there are other think tanks with different political orientation that can comment