tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post3289265603324937939..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: Coca-Cola, the Christmas iconcaebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-82760042806098076032015-11-09T13:19:11.486+00:002015-11-09T13:19:11.486+00:00Talking of Christmas, I was pondering what Mark Ja...Talking of Christmas, I was pondering what Mark James could buy as a stocking filler for his 74 buddies on the Council. I would suggest a book. It’s always a safe bet if you can think of nothing else. I know that 74 books is quite a hefty financial outlay, but just put it on the plastic Mark! I’m sure that you can rely on that £500,000 pay-off coming along sooner or later to clear the balance. The book I would recommend is: The Coke Machine - The Dirty Truth Behind the World’s Favourite Soft Drink, by Michael Blanding. In the book councillors will be able to read all about the story of Coca-Cola. Not just the corporation’s efforts to seduce children into guzzling ever more quantities of the sugary coloured water so that the obesity, diabetes and tooth decay statistics point ever upwards, but also other shenanigans. For example Coca-Cola’s activities, in countries such as Turkey and Columbia, in threatening and intimidating workers brave enough to attempt to set up trades unions; not just with cosy methods of lock outs and dismissals, but engaging the assistance of para-military groups and death squads. In India and Mexico the bottling plants of Coca-Cola have been accused of draining aquifers and polluted drinking water. Coca-Cola was a vociferous supporter of the murderous apartheid regime in South Africa; it has been involved in bully boy tactics with its suppliers to inflate its profits and deceive its shareholders, and so on. I won’t elaborate on the story further else to spoil a good read. Still, it is Christmas I suppose. Peace and goodwill to all corporations and all that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01073108614600884664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-2900786803936533152015-11-07T15:38:09.815+00:002015-11-07T15:38:09.815+00:00"I'd like to teach the world to spin in p..."I'd like to teach the world to spin in perfect harmony"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com