{"id":444,"date":"2009-09-30T18:59:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T17:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=444"},"modified":"2009-10-04T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T18:51:51","slug":"im-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"I’m disappointed"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a re-post of old news. The explanation of why is another post, yet to be completed. Or you can check on Steve’s blog<\/a>: he covers the issues quite well, I think.<\/p>\n

Occasionally I have been disappointed by the actions of my MP Rosie Cooper, and on this occasion I am disappointed by the news that she is apparently spearheading a close collaboration between Nestle and the government.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my source:
\nComplementary Therapy News from Herbal Remedies and Complementary Therapies in the News: Breast vs bottle: the new battleground<\/a><\/p>\n

Her trip to South Africa, which according to the above article, was funded by Nestle in order for them to demonstrate their newfound corporate social responsibility, could be interpreted by some as potentially compromising her impartiality when it comes to judging just how socially responsible her hosts are.<\/p>\n

It could be assumed that Nestle are keen to increase their share of the baby formula market in the UK, them being a commercial organisation who sell formula milk. Given the poor take-up of breastfeeding in areas in this constituency such as Skelmersdale, and the namby-pamby middle-class-liberal-likely-to-breast-feed-and-hate-Nestle mood in Ormskirk (also in this constituency), I\u2019m concerned about the potential where-loyalties-lie message this sends to our MP’s partners in the constituency, principally the local health authority. It’s possible that Nestle are indeed more responsible in their efforts to supply powdered milk to the 3rd world than they were reported to be in the ’90s. As someone who was a student in the 90s and boycotted Nestle for years (and for someone with a chocolate addiction, it *did* impact my life, quite a bit) I find it hard to let go of this prejudice.<\/p>\n

I was disappointed that Cooper, who is a former manager of the Liverpool Women’s hospital, and so I thought should know better,\u00a0 would allow her name to be linked with Nestle in this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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