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'''A Guide to Brexit Lobbying''' | '''A Guide to Brexit Lobbying''' | ||
| − | + | On 23 June 2016 the British people voted (only just) to leave the EU. | |
| − | + | What this means for the country is still up in the air. What is clear is that the UK is experiencing an “unfrozen moment”, as one lobbyist notes, when potentially everything is on the table. As Ed Conway writes in the Times: | |
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| + | ‘Rarely in the history of capitalism has anyone been handed an opportunity like it. Almost overnight, the entire gamut of regulations once handled on Britain’s behalf by Brussels will be transplanted back to London. Trade policy, product markets, financial standards, agricultural subsidies. Tedious as such matters sound, swaying the rules in your company’s favour can mean the difference between profits in billions rather than millions.’ | ||
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| + | Brexit presents business with an abundance of threats, but also to some unimaginable opportunities. | ||
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| + | As one corporate lobbyist recently noted: “Nothing I’ve seen in the last couple of decades comes close to this opportunity for legislative influence” . The Repeal Bill and its aftermath have been described as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for anyone looking to influence the rules of the game”. We have only the government’s word that the bill will not – through “niche clauses and amendments” as another lobbyist puts it – be used to quietly benefit private and corporate interests. | ||
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| + | People in the UK didn’t vote to “take back control” only to hand it over to corporations lobbying in their own interest. | ||
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| + | We think we should be able to see who is seeking to use Brexit to further their own private interests. This portal, then, is an attempt to make visible those that bankrolled various Brexit campaigns, the lobby groups that are now trying to influence government and steer debate, as well as the companies and the lobbyists-for-hire that are hoping to profit from Brexit. | ||
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A Guide to Brexit Lobbying On 23 June 2016 the British people voted (only just) to leave the EU. What this means for the country is still up in the air. What is clear is that the UK is experiencing an “unfrozen moment”, as one lobbyist notes, when potentially everything is on the table. As Ed Conway writes in the Times: ‘Rarely in the history of capitalism has anyone been handed an opportunity like it. Almost overnight, the entire gamut of regulations once handled on Britain’s behalf by Brussels will be transplanted back to London. Trade policy, product markets, financial standards, agricultural subsidies. Tedious as such matters sound, swaying the rules in your company’s favour can mean the difference between profits in billions rather than millions.’ Brexit presents business with an abundance of threats, but also to some unimaginable opportunities. As one corporate lobbyist recently noted: “Nothing I’ve seen in the last couple of decades comes close to this opportunity for legislative influence” . The Repeal Bill and its aftermath have been described as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for anyone looking to influence the rules of the game”. We have only the government’s word that the bill will not – through “niche clauses and amendments” as another lobbyist puts it – be used to quietly benefit private and corporate interests. People in the UK didn’t vote to “take back control” only to hand it over to corporations lobbying in their own interest. We think we should be able to see who is seeking to use Brexit to further their own private interests. This portal, then, is an attempt to make visible those that bankrolled various Brexit campaigns, the lobby groups that are now trying to influence government and steer debate, as well as the companies and the lobbyists-for-hire that are hoping to profit from Brexit. |
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