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  1. Big money is damaging trust in our politics.

    #UK #Government has announced a taskforce on mega-donations, but has not said what it will do and when.

    We’re calling on the Government to deliver REAL action on big money in #politics, and urgently.

    #Petition:

    secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/

    #corruption #donations #politics #DemocracyNOW #lobbying #bribes

  2. When Should Corporate Lobbying Trigger EU Competition Scrutiny?

    In new research, Francisco E. Beneke Avila proposes a multifactor test to distinguish between the legitimate exercise of…
    #Europe #EU #antitrustandcompetition #EuropeanUnion #lobbying #Regulation #regulatorycapture
    europesays.com/europe/134927/

  3. Another tale of grift, lobbying and conflict of interest, this time with ex-Tory thug, Jonathan Gullis. Quelle surprise..

    Ex-Tory MP-turned-Reform councillor landed lobbying job after defecting
    opendemocracy.net/email/62197b

  4. Another tale of grift, lobbying and conflict of interest, this time with ex-Tory thug, Jonathan Gullis. Quelle surprise..

    #ReformUK #Lobbying #UKPolitics

    Ex-Tory MP-turned-Reform councillor landed lobbying job after defecting
    opendemocracy.net/email/62197b

  5. Another tale of grift, lobbying and conflict of interest, this time with ex-Tory thug, Jonathan Gullis. Quelle surprise..

    #ReformUK #Lobbying #UKPolitics

    Ex-Tory MP-turned-Reform councillor landed lobbying job after defecting
    opendemocracy.net/email/62197b

  6. Another tale of grift, lobbying and conflict of interest, this time with ex-Tory thug, Jonathan Gullis. Quelle surprise..

    #ReformUK #Lobbying #UKPolitics

    Ex-Tory MP-turned-Reform councillor landed lobbying job after defecting
    opendemocracy.net/email/62197b

  7. Another tale of grift, lobbying and conflict of interest, this time with ex-Tory thug, Jonathan Gullis. Quelle surprise..

    #ReformUK #Lobbying #UKPolitics

    Ex-Tory MP-turned-Reform councillor landed lobbying job after defecting
    opendemocracy.net/email/62197b

  8. Stalwart says fishing industry facing wipe-out without radical change
    By Joanna Prendergast

    With the state government cutting $400,000 in funding from the WA Fishing Industry Council, a veteran fisherman says their political advocacy needs a significant rethink.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/cal

    #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #Lobbying #Agribusiness #JoannaPrendergast

  9. Stalwart says fishing industry facing wipe-out without radical change
    By Joanna Prendergast

    With the state government cutting $400,000 in funding from the WA Fishing Industry Council, a veteran fisherman says their political advocacy needs a significant rethink.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/cal

    #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #Lobbying #Agribusiness #JoannaPrendergast

  10. Stalwart says fishing industry facing wipe-out without radical change
    By Joanna Prendergast

    With the state government cutting $400,000 in funding from the WA Fishing Industry Council, a veteran fisherman says their political advocacy needs a significant rethink.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/cal

    #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #Lobbying #Agribusiness #JoannaPrendergast

  11. Stalwart says fishing industry facing wipe-out without radical change
    By Joanna Prendergast

    With the state government cutting $400,000 in funding from the WA Fishing Industry Council, a veteran fisherman says their political advocacy needs a significant rethink.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/cal

    #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #Lobbying #Agribusiness #JoannaPrendergast

  12. Stalwart says fishing industry facing wipe-out without radical change
    By Joanna Prendergast

    With the state government cutting $400,000 in funding from the WA Fishing Industry Council, a veteran fisherman says their political advocacy needs a significant rethink.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/cal

    #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #Lobbying #Agribusiness #JoannaPrendergast

  13. @crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
    It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.

    People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.

    Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalki
    Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.

    Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.

    And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.

    The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.

    The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
    Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.

    #Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
    #Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars

  14. @frelsisbaratta Hey @EUCommission, good job, lads. Fighting the small guys one piece of crappy legislation at a time.

    Maybe stop listening to Big Tech lobbyists?

    Oh, what’s that, but that’s where you guys want to work at next? Ah, k, fair.

    #institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #EUCommission #EUparliament

  15. “REVEALED: QATAR AND ISRAEL TOP WESTMINSTER LOBBYING LEAGUE TABLE”

    by Martin Williams in Declassified UK

    @Declassified_UK
    @DeclassifiedUK
    @uk_politics
    @ZackPolanski
    @UKLabour

    “Exclusive: Since July 2024, donors have paid for MPs to go on some 658 overseas junkets, at a cost of £2.2m. The majority were funded by private companies, charities or wealthy individuals.

    But we found 165 trips were either funded by the foreign government concerned, or by UK-based ‘Friends Of’ groups dedicated to promoting the country in Westminster.

    In total, these 165 trips were valued at almost £695,000”

    declassifieduk.org/revealed-qa

    #Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Westminster #Lobbying #Junkets #FriendsOf #Israel #Qatar #Taiwan #Influence #Corruption #LFI #CFI #Funding #Proxies #Transparency

  16. "The Labour Party […] is a centralised, bureaucratic organisation that plays a key role in UK democracy whether or not the Labour Party is in government. The right [of the party] never truly ceded control over the Labour Party machine, even when Corbyn was in power. As observers from across the political spectrum have documented, key players on the Labour right worked behind the scenes to undermine him throughout his tenure."

    Burnham "has flip-flopped enough times for the Labour machine’s apparatchiks to accept he is no threat to their project.
    "Perhaps more importantly, Burnham lacks a coherent base that might hold him to account were he to tack to the right once in office. He doesn’t have strong links with the unions or any social movements. He is relatively popular among the Labour membership, but the Party has been so centralised under Starmer that members now play a much-diminished role – and Burnham is unlikely to change this.
    "In short, as with Starmer, there will be no one to challenge him if he reneges on commitments. Equally, there will be no one to defend him if the Labour machine turns on him.

    "The challenge Burnham faces is unresolvable within the current political settlement. For as long as Labour exists as a cartel, divorced from a mass base, it will remain a playground for lobbyists and consultants. These interests will fight tirelessly for their preferred policies – policies that directly contradict the interests of the majority of people in the UK. And any leader who attempts to democratise the Labour Party and take on these vested interests will be eliminated by the Labour machine.
    "The only way to square this circle is to build power outside the Labour Party".

    Grace Blakeley: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/t

    #triangulation #cooperation #cartel #lobbying #promotion #parties #acceptance #ThirdWay #TonyBlair #Starmer #Burnham #UKPol #UKPolitics #LabourParty

  17. #TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak

    The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC.

    by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026

    "The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings.

    "Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.

    "From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network.

    "#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbr

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zUBU5

    #KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak

  18. #TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak

    The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC.

    by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026

    "The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings.

    "Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.

    "From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network.

    "#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbr

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zUBU5

    #KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak

  19. #TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak

    The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC.

    by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026

    "The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings.

    "Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.

    "From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network.

    "#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbr

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zUBU5

    #KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak

  20. #TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak

    The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC.

    by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026

    "The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings.

    "Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.

    "From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network.

    "#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbr

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zUBU5

    #KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak

  21. #TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak

    The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC.

    by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026

    "The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings.

    "Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.

    "From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network.

    "#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbr

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zUBU5

    #KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak

  22. Protect public health policies from lobbying firms | Letter
    By Guardian Staff

    Caroline Cerny, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore and Katharine Jenner welcome the ethics watchdog’s recommendations to improve transparency around lobbying

    theguardian.com/politics/2026/

    #Lobbying #Publicservicespolicy #Tobaccoindustry #Alcohol #Retailindustry #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  23. A quotation from John Adams

    Your “ἄρiςτοi” [aristocrats] are the most difficult Animals to manage, of any thing in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not Suffer themselves to be governed. They not only exert all their own Subtilty Industry and courage, but they employ the Commonalty, to knock to pieces every Plan and Model that the most honest Architects in Legislation can invent to keep them within bounds.

    John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
    Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas Jefferson

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/84725/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #aristocracy #aristocrat #classwarfare #government #lobbying #politicalinfluence #politicaltheory #politics #power #propaganda #ruleoflaw #upperclass

  24. NPR: AI and tech are trying to influence the midterm elections. “Around the country, groups associated with AI and tech are trying to influence elections from Senate races to local offices, even as Americans register increasing discomfort with the technology’s ramifications for jobs, energy bills and society. AI-focused super PACs have already spent $43.3 million on congressional races this […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/23/npr-ai-and-tech-are-trying-to-influence-the-midterm-elections/
  25. The Self Lobbyist

    Before there were professional lobbyists, aspiring influencers had to visit the capital city to get heard. Most did not have the funds.

    tiereddemocraticgovernance.org

    #tiereddeemocraticgovernance
    #lobbyist #lobbying

  26. Observatoire des multinationales (ODM)
    Pourquoi il faut faire la lumière sur le lobbying de Shein et le rôle de Christophe Castaner
    mcinformactions.net/pourquoi-i
    #Shein #Castaner #lobbying

  27. À lire, c'est édifiant !
    INTÉGRISME CATHOLIQUE UN PROBLÈME MAJEUR
    Pour que chacune et chacun prenne la mesure de l’influence et de la dangerosité des réseaux #intégristes #catholiques, nous avons cartographié pour vous les principaux groupes actifs et infiltrés en #Europe.
    Génération Athée
    generation-athee.fr/2025/11/28
    #athée #athéisme #athéalisme #politique #social #Économies #laïcité #religion #secte #Lobbying #entrisme #ingérence

  28. Your daily reminder that @EUCommission are only cunts on days with names ending with day.

    “The European Commission will launch its long-awaited bid to simplify digital rules in an effort to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and to promote European start ups in the global artificial intelligence race.”

    rte.ie/news/2025/1119/1544678-

    #EU #BigTech #AI #bullshit #institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #EUCommission #spinelessToadiesInSuits

  29. Regulating Big Tech is like regulating a malignant tumour. You don’t regulate a malignant tumour. You cut it out, with enough of a surgical margin to ensure you get every last putrid bit to avoid regrowth.

    (This is moot, of course, as we’re not even regulating Big Tech, we’re feeding it with subsidies, government contracts, and access to national healthcare and other sensitive data while the folks who should be regulating them eye their next lucrative gig beyond the revolving doors of their lobbies.)

    #BigTech #capitalism #cancer #regulation #institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #extinctionStageCapitalism

  30. A recently retired #PublicServant who headed up safety management for Can­ada’s #NuclearRegulator is now #lobbying his former agency on behalf of the #NuclearIndustry. Brian Torrie left his post at the #Canadian #NuclearSafety #Commission #CNSC in October, according to a post on LinkedIn. He spent nearly 18 years at the commission, which regulates the use of #NuclearEnergy and materials, most recently serving as the director general of the directorate of safety management, and then as an acting vice president.

    theijf.org/former-federal-nucl

    #ConflictOfInterest #CDNpoli #DirtyDeeds #ShadyDeals #Corruption #GovernmentOfCanada #BanCorporateLobbyists #NuclearSafety #ExposeLobbyists #PublicTransparency #PublicAccountability #PublicScrutiny #Canadian #NuclearSafety #ShadyMenInSuits #PublicInterest

  31. Pourquoi il faut faire la lumière sur le #lobbying de #Shein et le rôle de Christophe #Castaner reporterre.net/Christophe-Cast

    L’offensive de lobbying de Shein en France a-t-elle réussi à retarder, puis à vider de sa substance la proposition de loi sur la « #fastfashion » amisdelaterre.org/communique-p pourtant adoptée à l’unanimité par l’Assemblée nationale ? Et quel est exactement le rôle de l’ex ministre Christophe Castaner, recruté par le groupe chinois ? multinationales.org/fr/enquete

  32. "L’offensive de lobbying de Shein en France a-t-elle réussi à retarder, puis à vider de sa substance la proposition de loi sur la « fast-fashion », pourtant adoptée à l’unanimité par l’Assemblée nationale ? Et quel est exactement le rôle de l’ex ministre Christophe Castaner, recruté par le groupe chinois ?"

    par @obs_multinationales : multinationales.org/fr/enquete

    #parlement #lobbying #lobbys #Castaner #vêtements #fastFashion #salariat #Shein #multinationales #ObservatoireDesMultinationales

  33. Weitere Infos zu diesem #Lobbyverein der 🇦🇹 #Lebensmittelindustrie:

    Dieser Verein #ForumErnährungHeute wurde offenbar mit viel Geheimniskrämerei gegründet, wie halt meist bei #Lobbyarbeit. Aber eine Recherchegruppe hat sich dies genauer angeschaut (Beitrag aus 03/2017)
    newsv2.orf.at/stories/2384267/

    Eine Arbeit vom MCI (Innsbruck) zur #politischenEinflussnahme der #Lebensmittelkonzerne, als Beispiel dient genau dieses "Forum"
    research.mci.edu/de/cshi/blog/

    Nach reichlicher Kritik hat der Verein dann offenbar die Mitglieder transparent gemacht.
    forum-ernaehrung.at/ueber-feh/
    Noch Fragen? 🤔

    Hier die #Werbung der #Wirtschaftskammer (#WKO) gegen eine #Zuckersteuer
    wko.at/oe/industrie/nahrungs-g

    Und wer als von den Konzernen "gesponserter Wissenschaftler" auf der Seite "Wissenschaftlicher Beirat" aufgelistet ist, den kann man als Wissenschaftler nicht mehr ernst nehmen! 🤷‍♂️
    forum-ernaehrung.at/ueber-feh/

    Damit ist die Frage, was gegen eine #Zuckersteuer spricht, geklärt.

    (2/2)

    #Zucker #Gesundheit #Softdrinks #Kinderprodukte #Lobby #lobbying #IndustrieLobby #TaxTheRich

  34. 🤔 Was spricht nochmal gegen eine #Zuckersteuer auch bei uns?

    Ach ja, natürlich, die #Lebensmittelindustrie, versteckt unter einem Verein #ForumErnährung, mit dem man "Wissenschaftlichkeit" vorgaukeln will aber der in Wahrheit nur deren #Lobbyarbeit macht.

    Und die #Wirtschaftskammer #WKO #lobbyiert mit.

    "Zu viel Zucker in Kindermilchprodukten"
    salzburg.orf.at/stories/330691

    (1/2)

    #Zucker #Gesundheit #Softdrinks #Kinderprodukte #Lobby #lobbying #IndustrieLobby #TaxTheRich

  35. Der #Internationale Tag gegen Homo-, Bi-, Inter- und Transphobie bzw. -feindlichkeit wird jährlich am 17. Mai von #homosexuellen, später auch #bisexuellen, #trans- und #intergeschlechtlichen Menschen, als #Aktionstag begangen, um durch Aktionen, mediale #Aufmerksamkeit und #Lobbying auf die #Diskriminierung und #Bestrafung von Menschen hinzuweisen, die in ihrer #sexuellen #Orientierung, ihrer #Geschlechtsidentität oder durch ihre Körper von der #Heteronormativität abweichen. (wikipedia)