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supermarkets Articles

Power to consumers

Ed Miliband's 'producers and predators' speech in 2011 kicked off the responsible capitalism debate. Ed said we should 'change the rules of the game'. To be honest, a lot of people outside Labour, and not a few inside, thought that 'changing the rules' must be code...
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The Primrose Hill Set

It’s hard to know what to do with anonymous and unsolicited advice. For me, The Progressive’s In Defence of Tesco read like one of those spam emails advising me to lose weight or to visit some exotic plain; I wasn’t sure why a stranger was offering me this advice and I am suspicious of their motives.

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In defence of Tesco

Middle-class lefties should pipe down when it comes to supermarkets. Decent, affordable food for all is an old socialist goal to be applauded, not opposed

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Centre-left darlings and betes noires

I was interested to read a post yesterday on Left Foot Forward on the targeting of Tesco by living wage campaigners. According to the article, Tesco are failing to ensure their cleaners, who are subcontracted, are paid the living wage.

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