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Business in the Parliament

Scottish Parliament held a 'Business in the Parliament' conference. Over 100 business delegate trooped in and sat in the elected members seats. Amongst the delegates were all the key peak business associations representing big business including the CBI, the Chemical Industries Association, the Scottish Food and Drink Federation and the Scottish BCSD. The press release from the parliament announced that the delegates were 'the people driving Scotland's economy.' ('SCOTLAND'S BUSINESS PEOPLE TAKE THEIR SEATS IN PARLIAMENT' Parliamentary News Release, 026/2004, 22 April 2004. [1])

The trick here is to convince yourself that it is the business class not the workers who create the value in production. Otherwise you might come to the conclusion that the Parliament spin doctors are in the business of issuing corporate ideology dressed up as neutral official information. The final insult to the Parliament's founding principles of openness was that the discussion sessions in the conference were held in private. Pro-business assumptions amongst policy makers and lobbying by corporations result in reflex secrecy.

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