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Idea for a website to help people see who supports who in the world of corporations and political parties
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As an ethical consumer | |
I want to submit a list of brands I don't want to support | |
So that I can see a list of owners, subsidiaries and associates who I also should not support | |
As a left-wing political supporter | |
I want to submit a list of political parties I do not wish to support | |
So that I can see a list of companies and people who donate to these parties | |
As a knowledgeable person | |
I want to submit details about political parties, brands and companies | |
So that others can see their brand connections |
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data resource: https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch allows export-to-csv, looks reasonably useful, 9MB CSV if all fields are left unrestricted. Data will need some cleanup to normalise variant forms which seem quite prevalent - especially fullname vs initial and abbreviated vs full forms of Ltd, PLC, St. and so forth.