In the last Independent on Sunday edition of 2007 Eye read an article where figures in the public eye picked their heroes of the year. Symon Hill, of Campaign Against Arms Trade and an attender at Westminster Meeting, was one of those chosen, in recognition of his organisation's dedicated work. He told Eye: 'I'm really chuffed. The nomination is really for CAAT as a whole - and for the thousands of people who are playing a part in the Campaign to Control BAE.'
Symon has continued with his tireless work already in 2008, appearing in The Big Issue column 'King for a Day'. If Symon were king, he would reopen the Serious Fraud Office corruption inquiry into BAE Systems and Saudi arms deals. He would also end subsidies to the arms trade and be tough on corporate crime.
Time for a change of monarch, any one?

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