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		<title>Bad decisions by government – 11c: permitting toxic chemicals in the home, in aeroplanes, in agriculture and in warfare</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1107</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arms industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biological warfare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier the plight of organophosphate [OP] poisoned farmers and soldiers was posted on this site but others have also suffered.   Other campaigns include those mounted about the ill-effects of the use of organochlorine compounds in cat and dog flea collars – children being particularly susceptible, the damage done to the health of pilots by organophosphorus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A ‘Greenpeace of finance’</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1101</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisors and consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking and finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Affairs News &#8211; MEPs: banking lobby is a &#8216;danger to democracy&#8217;   BRUSSELS: MEPs have launched a campaign urging the establishment of a ‘counter lobby’ to financial powerhouses such as international banks. More than 70 European parliamentarians have joined the call, led by French Green MEP Pascal Canfin.  It comes in response to what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1096</link>
		<comments>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1096#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisors and consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate political nexus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency (ALT) is an alliance of civil society groups who are concerned about the growing influence of lobbying on decision-making in the UK. We believe only increased transparency can begin to restore trust in policy making and make ministers, elected representatives and officials more accountable to the public.  Pickles Moves Against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad decisions by government  &#8211; 11a: failure to compensate farmers whose health has been damaged by a government imposed requirement</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1062</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisors and consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agrochemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Organophosphates (OPs) are a group of synthetic chemical compounds, Originally developed as insecticides and now used in thousands of licensed pesticides head lice treatments, pet shampoos and other household products. They were developed as neurotoxins during the Second World War. Sarin &#8211; the poison gas released by Aum Shinrikyo cultists in 1995 onto the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad decisions by government  &#8211; 11b: failure to compensate soldiers whose health was damaged on active service</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1052</link>
		<comments>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1052#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisors and consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arms industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate political nexus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Organophosphate poisoning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[EVENTS 1996: defence minister Nicholas Soames confirmed that many of the soldiers returning from the Gulf War reporting fatigue, memory loss, weakness, joint and muscle pain and depression – a condition now known as Gulf War Syndrome, had been exposed to some sort of organophosphate pesticide .  1999: the US Government accepted that their veterans’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media 2: an apparent breach of the BBC’s Charter</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1033</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books or reports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is required to produce comprehensive, authoritative and impartial coverage of news and current affairs in the UK and throughout the world. The editorial guidelines on its website state: The Agreement accompanying the BBC&#8217;s Charter requires us to produce comprehensive, authoritative and impartial coverage of news and current affairs in the UK and throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make appointments with ‘due diligence’</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1030</link>
		<comments>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1030#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advisors and consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate political nexus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Party funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sequel to PCU post on David Rowland.  Two months after his appointment was announced, David Rowland has withdrawn &#8211; before taking up the post as Conservative Party treasurer. The Mail alleges this was due to concerns arising from damaging revelations about his business affairs. Tim Montgomerie, editor of the grassroots website Conservative-Home said:  &#8216;Big questions need to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media 1: media-backed political mismanagement of disaster reports</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1019</link>
		<comments>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1019#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy undermined]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary failure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The imperative to exploit public fear is as old as power itself, but modern media give it a new menace. They enable leaders to suppress the dictates of reason and, however briefly, mesmerise the public into obedience.  Simon Jenkins refers to the vested interests of those such as dial-a-quote scientists . . . some with links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constituents’ right to recall sub-standard MPs</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1007</link>
		<comments>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1007#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coalition government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy undermined]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A new MP has made a radical proposal, launching a Presentation Bill calling for a genuine Recall mechanism. True Recall will allow people to get rid of their representative if a majority has lost confidence in him, for whatever reason. Creative Commons attribution: Christine Matthews Though the new Government has promised to bring in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad decisions by government – 10: DFID’s privatisation of its investment arm</title>
		<link>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1004</link>
		<comments>http://political-cleanup.org/?p=1004#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banking and finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Not fit for purpose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth Development Corporation, CDC, which was set up in 1948 to improve Britain&#8217;s financial returns from its colonies, is now owned by DFID. Its website describes its work as a state-funded private equity house providing capital to invest in promising businesses with particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. CDC’s brief is to [...]]]></description>
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