In the halls of shame 2011, by Vanessa Baird sheds the light on the increasing influence of trade lobbying in international politics and in the way it shuts out the honesty of public interest groups. In the starting of the article, the author discusses, the uplift stemming from the admission by Britain’s recently elected Con-Dem government, which states it will be writing the national health policy with the help of PepsiCo and McDonald’s corporations. Therefore, this is showing the importance as David Cameron words which are against the corporate lobbying just in a couple of short months before elections, and his party now is seen to embrace the concept.
Baird explains the corporate lobbying which had been going on for …show more content…
Vanessa also stated the different influences that the Koch family had on the United States national politics; influencing and usually contributing the funds to pseudo political movements to increase their aim levels.
Government officials have the ability to play different roles between the governments and the groups of special interest. Politicians have been known for a long time as the jump from one side to the other of the fence, providing them with an ability to influence the party policies from and within government due to money or pressure, and from the outside when taking the advisory positions on corporate public affair firms. In Britain it is not necessary to have quit their positions in parliament to increase their advantage of this ‘revolving door’ either. It is due to a legal loop hole and a “self-regulation” policy that gives them the permission of regaining a seat in parliament, therefore, it is able to pass information onto the corporate world employers, whereas, prompting to change something within the government, could possibly be considered as corruption in other world