Jesse Norman: Co-ops are not leftwing - The Guardian 21st February 2008

It's wrong to think food cooperatives don't do it for Tories. They chime perfectly with our values Guardian readers are a calm, well-educated bunch. Nevertheless, the mere conjunction of the words "conservative" and "cooperative" may have them spluttering into their muesli. Yet this week the Conservative Cooperative Movement (CCM) is publishing a book called Nuts and Bolts, on how to set up a retail food co-op.

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