 Polly Toynbee in "The Guardian" and Kevin Maguire in "The Daily Mirror" have also levelled this charge, although the group's leadership has denied it.When Nick Ferrari asked TPA's campaign manager Susie Squire whether she was "secretly Conservative", she rejected the accusation as "outrageous" saying the organisation was "totally independent".In 2010, Squire became a special adviser to the Conservative Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, before going on to become head of press for the Conservative party.