- fig h ters ", ▁comments ▁which ▁were ▁critic ised ▁by ▁the ▁Mor ning ▁Star ▁for ▁failing ▁to ▁take ▁into ▁consideration ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁employ ment ▁within ▁the ▁companies ▁mentioned . ▁Conserv ative ▁blog ger ▁Gu ido ▁F aw kes ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁launch ▁" pi qu ed ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁senior ▁minister s ▁including ▁Michael ▁G ove , ▁Dom ▁Ra ab ▁and ▁Bre x it ▁brain ▁Sh ank er ▁Sing ham ". ▁The ▁organisation ▁has ▁ 2 4 ▁parliament ary ▁supp or ters ▁– ▁including ▁prominent ▁figures ▁such ▁as ▁Tr uss , ▁Chris ▁Sk id more , ▁P rit i ▁Pat el , ▁Ben ▁Brad ley ▁and ▁K emi ▁Baden och ▁– ▁all ▁of ▁whom ▁are ▁Conserv ative ▁MP s . ▁Fre er ▁also ▁holds ▁events ▁and ▁publish es ▁pam ph lets ▁for ▁Conserv ative ▁MP s , ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁Char ity ▁Commission ▁by ▁Private ▁E ye ▁for ▁political ▁bias . ▁ ▁Fund ing ▁The ▁IE A ▁is ▁a ▁registered ▁educational ▁and ▁research ▁char ity . ▁The ▁organisation ▁states ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁entirely ▁fund ed ▁by ▁" vol unt ary ▁don ations ▁from ▁individuals , ▁companies ▁and ▁found ations ▁who ▁want ▁to ▁support ▁its ▁work , ▁plus ▁income ▁from ▁book ▁sales ▁and ▁con ferences " ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁" in dependent ▁of ▁any ▁political ▁party ▁or ▁group ". ▁The ▁IE A ▁is ▁r ated ▁by ▁the ▁account ability ▁group ▁Trans par ify ▁as ▁" high ly ▁op aque ". ▁ ▁The ▁IE A ▁does ▁not ▁disc lose