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<div>The Online Guide to British Politics</div>
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<div>A Guide to Companies, their Owners, and the Politics behind them.</div>
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A Guide to Companies, their Owners, and the Politics behind them.
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https://www.behindthebrands.org/brands/
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Who ''really'' owns brand X? Where do their profits end up? Do they pay their fair share of tax?
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Do companies drive our purchases by clever marketing, or do they respond to our choices?
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Does what they say measure up to what they do?
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Why are Tax Havens such a problem?
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Political policies and decisions shape our society, our environment, and our world.
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In whose interests does our govt make decisions - citizens, companies, or their own?
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We are tracking govt policies over the decades, and ...
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We aim to be a go-to for citizens, the media - anyone who wants to know
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shine a spotlight on the degree to which true ownership is hidden from view
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Do you know the exent to which private equity has distorted the market? We accept it as normal, but is it? And should we?
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How responsible is PE for the massive consolidation of industries we see going on world-wide? Does this work for citizens, or only for members of the Finance Industry? And to what extent are govt policies (free money) responsible?
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It is notable how rarely the extent to which PE manipulates companies behind the scenes is reported.
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<blockquote class="MainPage">A Society Whose Citizens Refuse To See And Investigate The Facts, Who Refuse To Believe That Their Government And Their Media Will Routinely Lie to Them And Fabricate A Reality Contrary To Verifiable Facts, Is A Society That Chooses And Deserves The Police State Dictatorship It's Going To Get. &mdash; Ian Williams Goddard</blockquote>
 
<blockquote class="MainPage">A Society Whose Citizens Refuse To See And Investigate The Facts, Who Refuse To Believe That Their Government And Their Media Will Routinely Lie to Them And Fabricate A Reality Contrary To Verifiable Facts, Is A Society That Chooses And Deserves The Police State Dictatorship It's Going To Get. &mdash; Ian Williams Goddard</blockquote>
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{{em|Monopoly is the DNA of capitalism.}} Since Thatcher and Reagan let neoliberalism loose, and the rest of the world followed suit, we have seen market sectors become ever more concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Wherever one looks, giant corporations with country-sized revenues are dictating to govts worldwide. Getting regulation passed in the face of their lobbying power is a non-trivial task: one example we are living with is [[Plastic Pollution|plastic pollution]]. Another is [[Environmental Policy|neonicotinoids]]; it took nearly 80% of our pollinators to die off before legislators reluctantly began to act.
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{{em|Monopoly is the DNA of capitalism.}} Since Thatcher and Reagan let neoliberalism loose, and the rest of the world followed suit, we have seen market sectors become ever more concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Wherever you look, giant corporations with country-sized revenues are dictating to govts worldwide. Getting regulation passed in the face of their lobbying power is a non-trivial task: one example we are living with is [[Plastic Pollution|plastic pollution]]. Another is [[Environmental Policy|neonicotinoids]]; it took nearly 80% of our pollinators to die off before legislators reluctantly began to act.
  
 
{{QuoteBox|width=25%|[[Extinction Rebellion|{{img|Rising-Up-Extinction-Rebellion-horiz.svg|90|30|float=right}}]] What is lawful, and what is right... they're not always the same thing.}} {{em|Corruption}} is commonplace; we are no longer shocked, or even surprised. Criminal bankers go scot-free; politicians abuse their positions to enrich themselves and their cronies, and direct their efforts to maintain the status quo, at the expense of the rest of us. Inequality is now at a level not seen for 100 years. Corporations and businessmen routinely avoid paying taxes, which shunts the burden onto citizens.
 
{{QuoteBox|width=25%|[[Extinction Rebellion|{{img|Rising-Up-Extinction-Rebellion-horiz.svg|90|30|float=right}}]] What is lawful, and what is right... they're not always the same thing.}} {{em|Corruption}} is commonplace; we are no longer shocked, or even surprised. Criminal bankers go scot-free; politicians abuse their positions to enrich themselves and their cronies, and direct their efforts to maintain the status quo, at the expense of the rest of us. Inequality is now at a level not seen for 100 years. Corporations and businessmen routinely avoid paying taxes, which shunts the burden onto citizens.
 
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{{Sources|{{Src|ref|date=Oct.2018|title=The Era of Corporate Consolidation and the End of Competition.|quote=Bayer-Monsanto, Dow-DuPont, and ChemChina-Syngenta|website=Haas Institute|name=Elsadig Elsheikh, Hossein Ayazi, |url=https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/haas_institute_shahidi-_era_of_corporate_consolidation_end_of_competition_publish.pdf}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.07.2019|title=Fightback against the billionaires: the radicals taking on the global elite.|website=The Guardian|name=Anand Giridharadas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rutger-bregman-winnie-byanyima-anand-giridharadas}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.06.2019|title=Worlds End.|website=|name=Corporate Watch|url=https://issuu.com/corporatewatch/docs/worldsend_lores_copy}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.07.2019|title=The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged.|quote=Within Britain’s elite occupations, the advantages of class are still mistaken for talent.|website=The Guardian|name=Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/07/the-class-pay-gap-why-it-pays-to-be-privileged}}
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{{Sources|{{Src|ref|date=Oct.2018|title=The Era of Corporate Consolidation and the End of Competition.|quote=Bayer-Monsanto, Dow-DuPont, and ChemChina-Syngenta|website=Haas Institute|name=Elsadig Elsheikh, Hossein Ayazi, |url=https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/haas_institute_shahidi-_era_of_corporate_consolidation_end_of_competition_publish.pdf}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.07.2019|title=Fightback against the billionaires: the radicals taking on the global elite.|website=The Guardian|name=Anand Giridharadas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rutger-bregman-winnie-byanyima-anand-giridharadas}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.06.2019|title=Worlds End.|website=Corporate Watch|url=https://issuu.com/corporatewatch/docs/worldsend_lores_copy}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.07.2019|title=The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged.|quote=Within Britain’s elite occupations, the advantages of class are still mistaken for talent.|website=The Guardian|name=Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/07/the-class-pay-gap-why-it-pays-to-be-privileged}}
 
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{{em|b=1|Wilful Ignorance and Laziness}} on our part: thoughtless use of chemicals (cleaning, gardens); hedonistic use of transport (planes, cars); rampant consumerism (gadgets, clothing, stuff); self-indulgent breeding (number of kids). We have treated our planet like a bottomless rubbish dump, but that dog is well and truly dead. '''We cannot have our cake and eat it too.'''
 
{{em|b=1|Wilful Ignorance and Laziness}} on our part: thoughtless use of chemicals (cleaning, gardens); hedonistic use of transport (planes, cars); rampant consumerism (gadgets, clothing, stuff); self-indulgent breeding (number of kids). We have treated our planet like a bottomless rubbish dump, but that dog is well and truly dead. '''We cannot have our cake and eat it too.'''
  
{{img|Counting-Toes.png|100|68}} {{em|b=1|Sperm counts}} have more than halved in the past 40 years, and are falling by around 1.4% a year;<ref name="guardian-2017.07.30"/> Western countries have seen a 60% decline.<ref name="indy-2017.07.25"/> History is full of lessons about the links between environmental degradation and the collapse of civilisations &ndash; the decline of the Roman Empire is linked with its increasing use of lead pipes. A technology that benefited millions also brought damage to the brain and nervous system, the stomach and the kidneys, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure. Sound familiar?<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/>
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{{img|Counting-Toes.png|100|68}} {{em|b=1|Sperm counts}} have more than halved in the past 40 years, and are falling by around 1.4% a year,<ref name="guardian-2017.07.30"/> with Western countries seeing a 60% decline.<ref name="indy-2017.07.25"/> History is full of lessons about the links between environmental degradation and the collapse of civilisations &ndash; the decline of the Roman Empire is linked with its increasing use of lead pipes. A technology that benefited millions also brought damage to the brain and nervous system, the stomach and the kidneys, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure. Sound familiar?<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/>
 
[[File:Corporate-Greed.png|left|83x140px]] The billionaires who profit from pollution use their wealth to protect themselves from its consequences - they don't plan to inhale or ingest those toxins. Pollution can be outsourced far from their homes; they can live in New Zealand and pollute in Mexico, they can live in Hawaii and pollute in Indonesia. Politicians collude, either because they are corrupt ($$s), or because they are powerless as a consequence of govt policies over the last ~40 years.
 
[[File:Corporate-Greed.png|left|83x140px]] The billionaires who profit from pollution use their wealth to protect themselves from its consequences - they don't plan to inhale or ingest those toxins. Pollution can be outsourced far from their homes; they can live in New Zealand and pollute in Mexico, they can live in Hawaii and pollute in Indonesia. Politicians collude, either because they are corrupt ($$s), or because they are powerless as a consequence of govt policies over the last ~40 years.
  
{{em|b=1|Infertility:}} A wide variety of industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and the chemicals used to make them routinely find their way into our '''water'''. Agricultural pesticides and insecticides are washed into streams, rivers and lakes.<ref name="sikhnet-2014.05.06"/> The effects of these testosterone-blocking chemicals on all life are very serious: for example, if fish can't breed, then - no more fish.<ref name="ceh-2009.01.19"/><ref name="sd-2009.01.20"/><ref name="nhs-2009.01.20"/>
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{{em|b=1|Infertility:}} A wide variety of industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and the chemicals used to make them routinely find their way into our '''water'''. Agricultural pesticides and herbicides are washed into streams, rivers and lakes.<ref name="sikhnet-2014.05.06"/> The effects of these chemicals on all life are very serious: eg., if fish can't breed, then - no more fish.<ref name="ceh-2009.01.19"/><ref name="sd-2009.01.20"/><ref name="nhs-2009.01.20"/>
  
[[File:Simon Glücklich Portrait eines Kleinkinds.jpg|right|100px]] {{em|b=1|Deformed Sperm:}} high levels of '''air pollution''' result in a lower number of sperm, poor sperm shape and poor quality.<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/><ref name="guardian-2017.11.22"/><ref name="indy-2017.11.22"/> It also has an impact on babies in the womb, leading to low birth weight and millions of premature deaths.<ref name="opininato-2017.12.12"/> In particular, air pollution known as ''PM2.5'' is to blame; not only is it just as harmful to your lungs and heart as smoking, but it also affects male fertility.<ref name="inverse-2018.03.14"/><br/>
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[[File:Simon Glücklich Portrait eines Kleinkinds.jpg|right|100px]] {{em|b=1|Deformed Sperm:}} high levels of '''air pollution''' result in a lower number of poor quality, poorly-shaped sperm.<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/><ref name="guardian-2017.11.22"/><ref name="indy-2017.11.22"/> It also has an impact on babies in the womb, leading to low birth weight and millions of premature deaths.<ref name="opininato-2017.12.12"/> In particular, air pollution known as ''PM2.5'' is to blame; not only is it just as harmful to your lungs and heart as smoking, but it also affects male fertility.<ref name="inverse-2018.03.14"/><br/>
 
[[Climate Change]] is bringing higher temperatures - which results in poor sperm production for up to two weeks after exposure.<ref name="inverse-2017.01.03"/><br/>
 
[[Climate Change]] is bringing higher temperatures - which results in poor sperm production for up to two weeks after exposure.<ref name="inverse-2017.01.03"/><br/>
 
Relying on {{em|b=1|IVF}} to solve the fertility problem won't help, because air pollution - particularly NO2 from car exhausts - means lower odds of success.<ref name="fert-road-2011.12.16"/>
 
Relying on {{em|b=1|IVF}} to solve the fertility problem won't help, because air pollution - particularly NO2 from car exhausts - means lower odds of success.<ref name="fert-road-2011.12.16"/>
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{{em|b=1|Miscarriages}} and many other fertility problems are being increasingly seen. Exposure to air pollutants are associated with low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, prematurity, neonatal death, and decreased fertility in males. Even a brief exposure to high levels of air pollution can result in a 2.6 fold increase in the risk of miscarriage.<ref name="sikhnet-2014.05.06"/>,  
 
{{em|b=1|Miscarriages}} and many other fertility problems are being increasingly seen. Exposure to air pollutants are associated with low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, prematurity, neonatal death, and decreased fertility in males. Even a brief exposure to high levels of air pollution can result in a 2.6 fold increase in the risk of miscarriage.<ref name="sikhnet-2014.05.06"/>,  
  
[[File:Metsu, Gabriel - Sick Child, the.jpg|right|100px]] {{em|b=1|Birth Defects:}} Thousands of chemicals found in everyday items have never been tested to determine their effects on health, and of the few that have, only a tiny minority have been assessed for reproductive health effects. Birth defects, such as hypospadias, are on the rise. Cases of hypospadias, a condition in which the male urethra does not develop properly, have doubled since the 1970s. Learning disabilities have doubled since the 1970s; autism has increased ten-fold since the early 1990s.<ref name="arhp-2010.01"/><br/>
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[[File:Metsu, Gabriel - Sick Child, the.jpg|right|100px]] {{em|b=1|Birth Defects:}} Thousands of chemicals found in everyday items have never been tested to determine their effects on health and, of the few that have, only a tiny minority have been assessed for reproductive health effects. Birth defects are on the rise; eg. hypospadias, a condition in which the male urethra does not develop properly, have doubled since the 1970s. Learning disabilities have doubled since the 1970s; autism has increased ten-fold since the early 1990s.<ref name="arhp-2010.01"/><br/>
 
Higher-income people can shop their way out of some of the health problems by purchasing all-natural products - but that's a luxury which lower-income families cannot afford.
 
Higher-income people can shop their way out of some of the health problems by purchasing all-natural products - but that's a luxury which lower-income families cannot afford.
  
{{em|b=1|DNA Damage and Your Child's Ability to Reproduce}} Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) affect hormone-producing glands, such as the thyroid or pituitary, which in turn affect reproductive health. EDCs may also have direct effects on the reproductive system. Toxicants can exert negative reproductive effects through several mechanisms; some chemicals kill or damage cells. If these cells are oocytes or sperm cells, exposure can result in infertility. If they are other types of cells, developmental problems can occur. Other chemicals alter the structure of DNA, causing gene mutations. Depending on the genes affected, mutations can result in an inability to conceive or in birth defects in the offspring.<ref name="arhp-2010.01"/><ref name="pew-2010.06"/>
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{{em|b=1|DNA Damage and Your Child's Ability to Reproduce}} Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) affect hormone-producing glands, such as the thyroid or pituitary, which in turn affect reproductive health. Toxicants can exert negative reproductive effects through several mechanisms; some chemicals kill or damage cells. If these cells are oocytes or sperm cells, exposure can result in infertility. If they are other types of cells, developmental problems can occur. Other chemicals alter the structure of DNA, causing gene mutations. Depending on the genes affected, mutations can result in an inability to conceive or in birth defects in your offspring.<ref name="arhp-2010.01"/><ref name="pew-2010.06"/>
  
 
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Welcome to WikiPolitiks
A Guide to Companies, their Owners, and the Politics behind them.
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A Guide to Companies, their Owners, and the Politics behind them.

https://www.behindthebrands.org/brands/

Who really owns brand X? Where do their profits end up? Do they pay their fair share of tax? Do companies drive our purchases by clever marketing, or do they respond to our choices? Does what they say measure up to what they do?


Why are Tax Havens such a problem?

Political policies and decisions shape our society, our environment, and our world. In whose interests does our govt make decisions - citizens, companies, or their own? We are tracking govt policies over the decades, and ...

We aim to be a go-to for citizens, the media - anyone who wants to know shine a spotlight on the degree to which true ownership is hidden from view

Do you know the exent to which private equity has distorted the market? We accept it as normal, but is it? And should we? How responsible is PE for the massive consolidation of industries we see going on world-wide? Does this work for citizens, or only for members of the Finance Industry? And to what extent are govt policies (free money) responsible? It is notable how rarely the extent to which PE manipulates companies behind the scenes is reported.