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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

3. Why not? Well, Keir Starmer has been so good as to explain it: these policies came about as a result of his "conversations with leading CEOs”. This is a bill for corporations, not for us. How long will it be before we discover that it was drafted by a Tufton Street junktank?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

4. Forgive me if I'm wrong about this, but I have a vague memory of hearing about a political system that enacts the will of the people, not the will of corporations. I have a feeling there was a name for it, perhaps beginning with D? But it all seems a long time ago, so I might have misremembered.

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Jarda @jarda.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

That's a mistake, in reality the corporations and the rich pay politicians more and through the media they own they decide whom to prop and whom to sink.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

5. If you listen only to corporations, you’re a dupe. Of course, they'll justify the harmful things they want. Of course, they'll tell you that rules are too onerous, taxes too high and subsidies too low. It takes spectacular political naivety to take them at their word. ... Oh, hello Mr Starmer.

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