Some, such as the Vegetarian Society, are equivocal, while others are keen backers of such a switch.
Cocoa traders, once keen backers of Laurent Gbagbo's liberal attitude to international markets, welcomed his capture yesterday and cheered the European Union for lifting trade sanctions.
It is also a keen backer of rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
Watson has been a keen backer of a tax break for UK game production and he tabled an Early Day Motion in February calling for such a move.
Other major players in this market include Funding Circle and RateSetter, and the business secretary, Vince Cable, is a keen backer of this alternative lending model.
Russia, which had been seen as a keen backer of Kremlin-friendly Le Pen, said it respected the result of the first round and hoped for better ties with Paris whoever won the second round.
That fact alone is enough to explain why Qualcomm is a keen backer: above all, a chip maker of that size depends on consumers seeing a genuine reason to upgrade to smartphones or tablets containing the latest and most expensive processors.
It has money (lots of companies worry about Brexit), a well-organised media team (many of whom once worked for former prime minister Tony Blair, himself a keen backer).
"Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not," said David Cameron, a keen backer of benefit sanctions, when the consultation was announced in July.
"Hamas no longer participates with the mujahideen," says Abdullah Shami, a veteran of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a more militant rival faction, which increasingly presents itself as the genuine article; Iran, the PIJ's keenest backer, supports it as an insurance policy in case Hamas abandons the battle altogether.But Hamas has not yet given up.
They were starting with the best squad and they were wealthier than anybody else, having attracted backers keen to take advantage of tax breaks enjoyed by sporting institutions.
