Spending by large corporations and wealthy individuals could surpass direct lobbying expenditures if they judge such expenditures to be effective.

FORBES: A Megaphone for Plutocrats

Several major UK police forces are now lobbying to receive more SARs direct rather than via NCIS, claiming that the organisation is not passing them on fast enough.

BBC: Analysis

There followed a big meeting in London, lobbying of ministers and supermarkets and plenty of direct action in the form of marches and blockades of distribution depots and dairies.

BBC: The NFU and Farmers for Action go their separate ways