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Cause-related marketing, they call it. Linking purchases of a branded product or service to help for a worthy cause: computers for schools, say, or product (RED). The idea being that merely by...

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Marginalium

John Brissenden — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:33:38 +0000

Incidentally, after writing the previous post, I clicked the 42 days tag to see what, if anything, was on wordpress.com about the issue. It took me to the blog of one Tom Harris MP(above),...

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Irony

John Brissenden — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:46:24 +0000

I was concerned, but not surprised, to see that a postgraduate student at Nottingham University was recently arrested and held by police for six days under anti-terrorism laws, before being released...

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Brown gets tough on immigration

John Brissenden — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:13:53 +0000

Immigrants who want to become British and settle permanently in the UK will need to pass more tests to “prove their sanity” to the country under new plans. Gordon Brown, the Prime...

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J’approve!

John Brissenden — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:06:40 +0000

In the positive spirit of the kind comments on my last post, The Tampon Teabag has invited me to list things of which I approve. Long-time readers will understand what a tall order this was, but...

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Happy old year

John Brissenden — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:45:21 +0000

Back in October 2006, I drew attention to my referral to a psychologist, and my hope that it would sort my head out once and for all. As 2007 drew to a close last night, I am happy to report that...

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The corporation as paedophile

John Brissenden — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:55:21 +0000

I spend a lot of time discussing corporate social responsibility with my students, and it is a complex topic on which opinions are divided. Do corporations have an obligation to the wider society? ...

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The riddle of the Mail

John Brissenden — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:52:56 +0000

I have recently got around to reading Simon Winder’s The Man Who Saved Britain, an amusing and credible attempt to put Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels into their post-War cultural, social and...

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Stand up for free speech

John Brissenden — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:28:24 +0000

Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbek billionaire shareholder of one of England’s top football clubs, is using his wealth to shut down websites that report allegations against him originally published by...

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Dear Prudence

John Brissenden — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:51:39 +0000

So let me get this right. Owing to circumstances entirely outside my control, I am unable to obtain credit of any kind. I live from pay cheque to pay cheque, and must use cash for all payments. ...

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