> Furthermore with lobbying the activity is largely in public Disregarding popular movements that's not how lobbying works at all. No private special interest

> Furthermore with lobbying the activity is largely in public Disregarding popular movements that's not how lobbying works at all. No private special interest group is going to be advertising the many ways in which it is trying to influence a person holding public office. You subscribe to a service providing you with personal data, you attend the same events, you help them. For example by commenting on or even drafting legislative texts.