Patrick Hayes

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Background

Patrick Hayes is a reporter for Spiked;1 head of press and promotions at the Institute of Ideas; co-founder, Current Affairs Forum, and Battle of Ideas 2011 organising committee. 2

He is also a columnist for The Free Society.3 The Free Society was a campaign run by the tobacco industry front group Forest, whose website went offline around February 2015.4

Pro-Tobacco Activities

Hayes has attended pro-smoking events such as the “Save Our Pubs and Clubs” reception at the House of Commons on 29 June 2011 5 and a rally against the proposed ban at Stony Stratford along with speakers from The Freedom Association and Euro-sceptic MEPs Nigel Farage from UKIP and Tory Roger Helmer. 6

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References

  1. ↑P. Hayes, “Why not celebrate the birth of Harper Seven?”, Spiked, accessed July 2011
  2. ↑Battle of Ideas, Website, accessed July 2011
  3. ↑The Free Society, Website, accessed July 2011
  4. ↑The Way Back Machine, The Free Society, undated, accessed July 2017
  5. ↑S. Clark, Taking Liberties Blog, Taking Liberties Blog, accessed July 2011
  6. ↑M. Cullip, Outbreak of People Power in Stony Stratford, Dick Puddlecote blog, 17 July 2011, accessed May 2018

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