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Thats assuming the EU isnt easy to buy off - looking at a couple of regulations in the pesticide industry its easy to see they're very accommodative. Lobbying i

Thats assuming the EU isnt easy to buy off - looking at a couple of regulations in the pesticide industry its easy to see they're very accommodative. Lobbying is big business in Brussels.

ahartmetz 7y ago
You can buy them off, but successful lobbying probably takes years of relationship building to make it look like marriage, not prostitution, to those corruptees that think of themselves as ethical people. You can't just arrive and buy some legislation.
- stevesimmons 7y ago
  In October last year, Facebook hired Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and well-known Europhile, as head of Global Affairs and Communications. So that's your years of relationship building, acquired in one go.
  - ionised 7y ago
    Nick Clegg isn't exactly well thought of. They goofed hiring him, which is great because the more Facebook fucks up the better the world becomes.
    - ulfw 7y ago
      And let's be honest, being a British politician isn't super helpful in Post-Brexit EU either
C1sc0cat 7y ago
The Farming Lobby is huge you mean