A simple task: Shopping with a clear conscience. You wouldn’t think it would be too hard to find out if the purchase you were just about to make was ‘okay’ – that the workers involved in the production of the goods were fairly paid and treated. I have to say, we are stunned at just how hard this simple task is. Seriously! Just ask poor Hazel Blears as Iain Dale explains in this blog entry. As it happens, it seems that the supplier was wrongly in the frame, as they explain on their blog. You can now start to see how confusing it gets – a few days research and we may have found some trainers that are OK. Actually, we’ve found a very interesting company and we’ll post about them soon. Whilst a poor purchase for a politician is found by the press, with embarrassing consequences, for the humble consumer who do we rely on to ensure the goods we buy are actually good?

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