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This note explains three simple steps your MP should take in the coming weeks to help address the weaknesses in our democracy, the shortcomings of the government’s new plan for […]| 99%
Why we need to be able to call it out now There is no simple, agreed definition of far-right, but we urgently need one: We know what ‘right-wing’ means – […] The post What is ‘Far-Right’? appeared first on 99%.| 99%
Three baseless taboos are derailing national renewal – but they need not| 99%
Why the Government’s new 10-year plan for the NHS needs an overhaul On 3 July 2025, the government launched its 10-year plan for the NHS. While there are many ideas […]| 99%
This is a companion article to Debt Hysteria. You may also find that one useful. Governments around the world have increased their spending in the wake of the coronavirus. Their […]| 99%
Why we need a more realistic and strategic approach to government spending In January 2024, Sir Keir Starmer called for a decade of national renewal. Few people would deny […]| 99%
Trump’s Budget has similarities with Truss’s – will his fate be the same? This article is by Mark E Thomas and Vincent Gomez of the 99% Organisation, a former investment banker […]| 99%
Why serious politicians need to raise – and change – their game Thursday’s elections brought bad news for Britain’s main political parties but good news for the far-right. As the […]| 99%
Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, over 600,000 people had read our article about the threat posed to the UK by Market Fundamentalism. This article is the equivalent for the US.| 99%
How we can make sure the wealthiest pay more tax than normal people We recently wrote that, once you take into account total economic income from all sources including unrealised […] The post Making Our Tax System Fair appeared first on 99%.| 99%
Our government faces stiff challenges and if it is to meet them and deliver the promised national renewal, it will need a rapid and significant shift in mindset Before the […]| 99%
Tackling the coronavirus caused many countries, including the UK, to institute a lockdown. That lockdown has had a profound effect on the economy and as a result the UK government […]| 99%
We tend to look at politics through the lens of a battle between parties – in particular, given our system, as a battle between the Conservatives (who usually win) and […]| 99%
Labour won the general election, in no small measure due to their ‘small target’ strategy. But sticking to it in office could mean failure: for them and for the UK.| 99%
The government may have regained control of the streets; now it must tackle the root causes of the riots.| 99%
How the far-right may lose the battle, but still hope to win the war As many centre-right politicians and commentators have warned us, what used to be the Conservative Party […]| 99%
There are many arguments for taxing the extremely wealthy more. Perhaps the simplest is that while most normal people pay tax of up to 40% on their income (or more), […]| 99%
When it was clear Johnson was on the way out, his allies launched Operation Save Big Dog. This article explores what we might call Operation Save Little Dog – […]| 99%
Following our successful launches at Westminster and Holyrood, this is an approximate transcript of the launch of The Rational Policy-maker’s Guide to the NHS at the Senedd in 17 April, […]| 99%
Why many of our most important Institutions are working against us, and what we can do about it Until the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) struck, like many people, I had […]| 99%
We conclude that even if we were still on the gold standard, the rhetoric about the dangers of debt sustainability would still be nonsense. And that rhetoric is the justification for some of the worst policy blunders in modern UK history.| 99%
The Chancellor is due to announce his Spring Statement on March 6. Here is an open letter to the Editors of our major newspapers and broadcast media setting out a […]| 99%
The UK Needs a democratic reset if it is to remain a functioning democracy| 99%
We have been warned about this government, often not by the Left but by what used to be the voices of the Right: two former Conservative Chancellors and the editor […]| 99%
The Chancellor is due to announce his Autumn Statement on November 22. Truss will apparently also announce her own so-called ‘Budget for Growth’. This is an open letter to the […]| 99%
A recent article in the Scottish Newspaper The National accused the BBC of defending Tory austerity and their Chief Political Correspondent, Laura Kuenssberg of talking twaddle and promoting economic illiteracy. […]| 99%
