1. Symbiosis

2. Business & Politics Why the nexus ? Business woo Politics for Access to Government resources like Land Permits Electricity Favourable tax arrangements Ownership rights etc

3. Business & Politics Politics woo Business Stems from interests in maintaining maximum levels of political control over politics and economy alike.

4. Business & Politics – An example “Good evening Scottish”, “Clipper 103” “We are at level 301”

5. Business & Politics – An example Last words from Capt. James Bruce and First Officer Raymond Ronald "Ray" Wagner of Pan AM Flight No. 103 a Boeing 747-100 named Clipper Maid of the Seas.

6. Business & Politics – An example Scheduled Transatlantic flight from LHR to New York's JFK International Airport On Wednesday 21 December 1988 Crashed at Lockerbie, Scotland Killing 270 people

7. Business & Politics – An example Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Born1 st April 1952 NationalityLibyan ChargesMurder, Conspiracy to Murder, Breach of Aviation Security Act. PenaltyLife Imprisonment – Served only 8 ½years StatusTerminally ill from Prostrate Cancer – 3 months more to live OccupationLibyan intelligence officer Head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya

8. Business & Politics – A Hero’s Welcome home – An example A Pop idolNo A Hollywood starNo A PoliticianNo A SportsmanNo Nobel prize winnerNo A TerroristYes

9. Business & Politics – Pay off BP Signed an (7 Year)exploration deal in the year 2007 = USD 25 billion 30,000sq Km offshore in the Gulf of Sirte Libya Roughly the size of Belgium

10. Business & Politics – Payoff The release of Megrahi resolved the string of bureaucratic obstacles. BP is now a frontrunner in the Libyan market Considered next to Russia Due to its proximity with Europe and Very strategic

11. Business & Politics - Everywhere Nexus prevail in all countries American presidents – most of them belong to rich business houses Russia – blackmails nations for GAS Japanese Govt made bridges leading to nowhere to favour construction companies

12. Business & Politics – All over Third world Countries Nigeria – Niger Delta - No set standards Toxic waste from oil fields seeped into rivers and soil The military dictatorship cruelly crushed the resulting revolt to help oil companies De-Beers in Botswana Instrumental in removing the Sans Tribe from their homeland

13. Business & Politics “Politics is the shadow cast on the society by big business” --John Dewey