Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Killing the Hydra - 99% Sometimes the challenges facing those of us who would like the UK to remain a civilised country with a functioning democracy and a strong social contract seem daunting. This article […]

That is quite right. We must address the root cause of our problems.

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Book review: Manifesto: The Battle for a Green Britain by Dale Vince In Manifesto, green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince blends memoir and policy to argue for systemic solutions to climate change

"Though our choices can help reduce the risks of global warming, poor health, and wildlife extinction, Vince shifts the responsibility to business and government to facilitate those choices, and for schools, colleges, and wider society to make us more aware of them."

Defending UK democracy ...

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This week, we focus on what we can do to prevent the UK from going the way of the US.

Getting your MP to Defend our Democracy - 99% The launch event for Defensive Constitutional Reform will be on 27 April in Parliament. Our Parliamentary sponsor, Richard Quigley MP, has already invited your MP. But they are more likely […]

Please invite your MP to this - it’s @99organisation.bsky.social’s new report on DEFENSIVE Constitutional Reform.
Here’s the link: 99-percent.org/getting-your...

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Saw this last night thanks to Transition Chichester.
Here’s a link demanding government hold a televised emergency briefing so that everyone can see it www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
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CandidAsk — Council candidate values Find out where your local election candidates stand on key issues.

New from Opendemocracy - see what your councillors stand for.

About — CandidAsk candidask.opendemocracy.net/about

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Fantastic news! So glad you’ve taken this on.
OUR NHS & OUR COUNTRY NEED YOU!- and your legal superpowers 🙏
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Commonwealth Fund rankings of developed healthcare systems in the early 2010s

Not so long ago -- hard though it is to remember -- it was considered the best healthcare system in the developed world.

We cannot afford to let it be destroyed.

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Mapped: The Reform-Orbán Network “Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU’s biggest nightmare.” These were the words posted on Twitter by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about the prime minister of Hungary in April 20...

You won't be surprised but... www.desmog.com/2026/04/08/m...

Thank you @iandunt.bsky.social for all the hope in this piece

'They can be defeated. Bathe in the glory of their fall. Not out of malice or viciousness, but because that glory is a reminder that the war can still be won and the battles are still worth fighting.'
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The strait of Hormuz

When Putin invaded Ukraine, our response to the resulting oil price shock was among the worst in Europe.

We must do better this time.

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The Thames Water creditors are closing in on a deal - urge your MP to stop them An action to write to MPs urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' attempts to takeover the utility, signing off on pollution till 2030

Thames Water's creditors want to set a new low for privatised water by asking Ofwat to sign off on a deal which allows them to break the rules. Ofwat are poised to agree. We can't let them. Email your MP now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...

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Why do politicians want AI to go faster? Bullish rhetoric about ‘unleashing’ the technology is badly out of touch with the sensibilities of many voters

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And today @sarahoconnorft.ft.com asks:

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The Economic impact of AI - 99% Policymakers must think through their response to widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence A recent article in the Financial Times exposed the widespread corporate interest in Artificial Intelli...

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The potential downsides of AI are getting more attention.

Yesterday, I wrote this:

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Alan Turing

This week’s letter looks at the power of AI to reshape the world, and asks: will it boost the economy, or collapse it?

And we have an update on our three key projects.

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Congratulations, Heather!

Proud to have represented @99organisation.bsky.social at yesterday’s phenomenal @togetheralliance.bsky.social March against the rise of the far right.
#together #hope #unity #love

Just signed up for this. @doctorow.pluralistic.net is speaking at 11am

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Relaunch of Cost of Living Action today with @yuanfenyang.bsky.social and Lord David Walker, the Cost of Living Champion.
“Any second spent not thinking about the cost of living is a wasted second” (Keir Starmer) @costoflivingaction.bsky.social
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An image of the Chancellor and the Prime Minister

This week’s letter to 99% members focuses on the urgent need to address the contradictions in government policy.

And we have a meeting for members and potential members tomorrow.

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Policy-making for the Real World - 99% Progressive governments must build the capability for joined-up policy-making The UK Labour government was elected with a perfectly reasonable diagnosis that the country was in urgent need of national...

Why Labour, or any government which aims to be progressive, must build capability for joined-up policy making.

And how they can start.

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Can We Afford MMT? The Question Makes No Sense - 99% Modern Monetary Theory isn’t a potentially risky radical fiscal plan but simply a description of how the British state already spends This article is by Vince Gomez, 99% member, former […]

And this from one of my co-authors, former bond trader, @vincegomez.com 99-percent.org/can-we-affor...

How to Transform the UK Economy - 99% The Centre for Progressive Policy recently published an important report, Funding Fair Growth – How to Transform the UK Economy making clear that the UK needs substantial additional public spending […...

More like this from @99organisation.bsky.social Including this similar paper and relevant discussion 99-percent.org/how-to-trans...

Telling the truth about the UK economy How to spend public money wisely will always be controversial. Here, 3 prominent figures, Vince Gomez, Lynne Jones and Mark Thomas, argue that we have been working on false assumptions far too long.

In 2023, I co-authored this article, Telling the Truth about the UK Economy. It was aimed at the likely incoming Labour Government, but ignored. At last a Party Leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social is running with these arguments, #MakingHopeNormalAgain westenglandbylines.co.uk/business/eco...

“We Can’t Afford It” – Is that True? - 99% What We Can Learn from Successful Governments of the Past Our governments claim to want strong public services, but refuse to fund them adequately on the grounds that to do […]

“But the national mood can change: all that is required is leadership.” Conclusion from this article by @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social Today, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is providing that Leadership! 99-percent.org/we-cant-affo...

@vincegomez.com this piece nails it.
Such a great explainer for us all - especially government- to understand how government spending works.
Please SHARE!!
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When democracy requires more than a physics degree Last week I gave a talk on public finance, and during the Q&A at the end, a physicist in the audience who is working on fusion research said something along the lines of “I still find our monetary sy...

If a physicist can model plasma at 100 million degrees but struggles to explain how Parliament funds public spending, something is wrong.

Democracy requires monetary literacy.

#PublicFinance #FiscalPolicy #Democracy

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Parliamentary Launch of The Rational Policy-Maker’s Guide to Rebuilding the NHS - 99% This is a summary of the meeting, sponsored by Richard Burgon MP, held in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 4 March 2025. Present from Parliament were Richard Burgon MP, […]

Couldn’t agree more. Have you seen @99organisation.bsky.social report ‘The rational policy-maker’s guide to the NHS’?
It covers
-causes of turnaround in NHS performance between 1997-2010
-choices made then, that we should not repeat
- getting the big picture right.

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Extreme wealth vs the 99% - 99% How a small number of the extremely wealthy have declared class war on the rest of us, and what we must do to stop them Happy New Year! And a […]

Something like the 0.001%, who "have three times more wealth than half of the entire world population combined" are really driving this.

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