Captive State - The Corporate Takeover Of Britain
George Monbiot

In the most explosive book on British politics of the new decade, George Monbiot uncovers what many have suspected but few have been able to prove: that corporations have become so powerful they now threaten the foundations of democratic government. Many of the stories George Monbiot recounts have ever been told before, and they could scarcely be more embarrassing to a government that claims to act on behalf of all of us. Some are - or should be - resignation matters, for the British government has effectively collaborated in its own redundancy by ceding power to international bodies controlled by corporations. Captive State is a devastating indictment of the corruption to which our political leaders have succumbed.