This may be a question to which the answer is no, but have you heard of the Tory Reform Group? The TRG is a marginal Conservative club these days because it is generally regarded as being less than sound, if not outright soggy, on the issues. Indeed, there was some embarrassment earlier in this parliament when Ed Miliband tried to use the TRG’s thinking to shape his NHS policy.
The TRG numbers Ken Clarke, Lord Patten, Lord Heseltine and David Curry among its illustrious alumni. Goodness knows what these august men and their heirs have planned for Mr Cameron (or his successor) during the EU referendum, should it ever materialise. For the officers of the group have a keen and provocative sense of irony. Why else would they have held their annual summer party last night at the National Liberal Club?
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