They don't run for office — but they help write the script. In this episode of Politics Declassified, we investigate the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the free-market think tank with outsized influence over British politics.

From its role in shaping austerity, deregulation, and Brexit-era policy to its opaque funding from foreign interests, the IEA raises a critical question: who really governs when power operates without a public mandate?

We trace the history, media networks, and ideological goals behind one of the most influential policy machines in Britain — and ask what happens when unelected voices echo louder than voters.

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