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  • Does the USA want to make self-perpetuating permanent war the norm? And will Britain meekly follow suit?
  • Is the corporate-political nexus paving the way for the factory farming?
  • Our special relation was lobbying politicians and agricultural officials for Monsanto and other similar corporations
  • Government scientific advisor’s priority “ensuring that scientific knowledge translates to economic growth”
  • Soapbox 499 – for the 99%
  • PCU: the ‘captive state’ – a Britain organised under successive governments to suit the corporate few – grossly mistreats people like the late Stephanie Bottrill
  • Monbiot on corruption and short-termism
  • ICIJ & Sachs: tax havens are not just gaps in the world’s financial system; they ARE the system!
  • Who decides what we eat – in USA, in India and, coming your way, in Britain?
  • Bad decisions by government – 35: a short-sighted elitist, corporate friendly agricultural policy
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  • PCU on PCU: the ‘captive state’ – a Britain organised under successive governments to suit the corporate few – grossly mistreats people like the late Stephanie Bottrill
  • PCU on Is the French seed industry lobbying the EC to extend advantages for large scale plant breeders?
  • PCU on The destruction of public science: an Indian scientist records one aspect of Margaret Thatcher’s legacy
  • PCU on While Huhne fiddles Britain burns: David Hencke sets media priorities in perspective
  • Rianne on A sad day for the Second City: economically, socially and architecturally despoiled by successive administrations