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• Scottish and Newcastle
  ...aine they are the second largest beer seller. S&N are increasing focusing on sales in Asia, which they describe as a 'development market', they also exp ...Baltic Beverage Holdings]] (BBH) in 2005 which enabled them to capitalise on the Eastern European and Russian markets; the other 50% of BBH is owned by
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• David Martin (politician)
  ===Parliamentary Affiliations=== : 08.09.2010 / ... : Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
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• Scottish Enterprise: History
  ...ans to scapegoat and abolish the SDA when Hughes opportunistically knocked on her door. We cannot fully reconstruct their conversation, but perhaps Hugh ...rved. Politically we can locate him on the Authoritarian Right, he funds [[British United Industrialists]] (a somewhat secretive channel for funding right-win
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 3: 'Section D'
  ...r White]], the veteran anti-communist and anti-socialist activist who died on December 10th 1988 {{ref|1}}. From leaving Malvern College in 1920 (when he =="Sir George McGill" and the Group With No Name==
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 5: Fellow Travellers of Fascism
  ...t some academics there is a stubborn resistance to the idea that the first British fascist groupings were anything more than fascist in name alone. ...and Italian intellectuals and political activists alone and discussions by British sympathisers played a part in this transformation.
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 6: The Economic League goes to War
  ...m for public education. In consequence it contributes letters and articles on economic questions to daily and weekly newspapers throughout the country." ...1930s which illustrate the degree to which the [[Economic League]] and the British Intelligence services were cooperating.
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 7: Peace and Cold War
  ...n, the Unions had not barred their way. The League was quick to capitalise on this and as early as 1946 it started to run classes for apprentices. ...courses for training youth movement leaders in the technique of conducting group discussions in youth clubs. These courses have been followed up by the prov
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 8: The Wilson Years
  ...his ideas on foreign policy were far more radical. His 1953 book ''The War on World Poverty: An Appeal to the Conscience of Mankind'' was a genuinely rad ...rialist tub-thumping. The closely and brilliant argued thesis of the ''War on World Poverty'' laid out the moral and political case for world development
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 10: 'The Need for a Change of Direction'
  Any threat of the British military establishment taking action against elected governments receded in ...sure groups like the Economic League, which relied for most of its support on Conservatives who were unhappy with the direction of the Conservative Party
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 11: The Fall
  ...e by the League, was a crude forgery published by a non-existent left-wing group. The clear implication of this was that either they were taken in by the cr ...to call Ford was not rescinded, suggesting that some of the Conservatives on the committee were not inclined to let the League of the hook too easily.
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• Countryside Alliance
  ...ganise the July 1997 Countryside Rally.</ref> to oppose an anticipated ban on hunting with dogs under the New Labour government.<ref>The contents of this ...d have begun to be taken quite seriously by many as an authoritative voice on rural issues, even those with which they have little connection, for exampl
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• National Farmers' Union: Examples of recent NFU Policies
  ...003, NFU Council members voted three to one in the favour of a motion that British farmers should be allowed to grow GM crops commercially [49]. ...onment and Biotechnology Commission (AEBC) across Britain to find out what British farmers think before coming up with their final policy.
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• J Sainsbury Plc: Influence / Lobbying
  ...d Sainsbury of Turville, who was chairman of the company until he was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation in 1998. It may be obje ...comfortably with Sainsburys' professed concern about the subject. For more on UNICE, see: http://www.corporateeurope.org/ebsummit/factsheet2.htm
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• Tesco Plc: Influence / Lobbying
  ...e gold plating of EU directives. All of this undermines British businesses on the home front as they battle in global markets.' ''Sir Terry Leahy''{{ref| ...sco]] says it made no political donations during 2003. During the year the group made contributions of £44,713 (2003 - £31,282) in the form of sponsorship
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• New Labour: Donors
  ...only 26% of workers said they believed that management and employees were 'on the same side' (Joseph Rowntree Foundation study). In a country where 55% o ...er the Fairness at Work legislation, British law was 'the most restrictive on Trade Unions in the Western world'.
  61 KB (8,658 words) - 18:46, 5 November 2012
• Common Cause: UK anti-communist organisation
  ...been involved in the Freedom and Democracy Trust fiasco, joined a private group with the same anti-communist aims. This was Common Cause, whose origins are ...nd was the clandestine anti-communist (and anti-socialist) organisation in British trade unions, of which the best example is to be found within the [[Amalgam
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• Lewis Moonie
  ...er Labour MP for Kircaldy (winner of seat in 1992, 1997 and 2001), and was Parliamentary under-secretary, [[Ministry of Defence]] until his resignation in 2003. <re ...n internet gambling company, and also receives remuneration as an Advisory Council member of defence, medical and security services consultancy [[Perseus Glob
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• Open Europe
  ...but with a distinct eurosceptic tinge. The [[Marquess of Salisbury]] sits on its board, and some notable supporters are: [[John Sainsbury]] (Lord Sainsb ...-for-referendum-on-EU-superstate.html New campaign launched for referendum on EU ‘superstate’], “Telegraph”, 18 May 2003.</ref> Vote 2004 subsequ
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• Khalid Mahmood
  ...former engineer with a trade union background. He was a [[Birmingham City Council]]lor from 1990-1993, resigning his seat after leaving the city to work in K ...ahmood's actions were condemned by [[Inayat Bunglawala]] from the [[Muslim Council of Britain]], who said: "MacShane then found Mahmood – universally regard
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• Baroness Whitaker
  ...uman Rights Committee]], a member of the [[European Union Select Committee on Social Affairs]] and International Development Liason Peer. ...Labour Party International Development Liaison Peer, Advisory Board of the British Institute of Human Rights. She is a trustee of [[UNICEF UK]], a member of t
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