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Thread (1/20)
This thread explains why we find it hard to get our minds around what the UK government is really doing, what will happen if we let it, and how we can stop it.
This thread explains why we find it hard to get our minds around what the UK government is really doing, what will happen if we let it, and how we can stop it.
(2/20)
We are used to politics of left and right, where left means ‘left of centre’ and right means ‘right of centre’ … but we have never had a government as far from the centre as this one.
We are used to politics of left and right, where left means ‘left of centre’ and right means ‘right of centre’ … but we have never had a government as far from the centre as this one.
(3/20)
As the @FT pointed out, economically,
“The government may have adopted the most extreme economic position of any major party in the developed world.”
99-percent.org/beyond-extreme/
As the @FT pointed out, economically,
“The government may have adopted the most extreme economic position of any major party in the developed world.”
99-percent.org/beyond-extreme/
Thread (1/23)
Why is Sunak unfit to be Prime Minister?
3 key reasons:
1. No regard for ethics or law
2. Track record of failing the British people
3. An agenda with no mandate
Why is Sunak unfit to be Prime Minister?
3 key reasons:
1. No regard for ethics or law
2. Track record of failing the British people
3. An agenda with no mandate
(2/23)
Let's start with ethics and the law.
Like Johnson, Sunak broke the laws he had helped set and for which normal people were fined up to £10,000.
news.sky.com/story/rishi-su…
Let's start with ethics and the law.
Like Johnson, Sunak broke the laws he had helped set and for which normal people were fined up to £10,000.
news.sky.com/story/rishi-su…
(3/23)
When asked in the House, whether he had attended any parties, he unequivocally replied "No, Mr Speaker, I did not attend any parties."
Misleading the House is a breach of the Ministerial code.
independent.co.uk/tv/news/rishi-…
When asked in the House, whether he had attended any parties, he unequivocally replied "No, Mr Speaker, I did not attend any parties."
Misleading the House is a breach of the Ministerial code.
independent.co.uk/tv/news/rishi-…
Thread (1/19)
When Truss became PM, I made a rare prediction:
When Truss became PM, I made a rare prediction:
(2/19)
Now, we are faced with the question of who Truss’s successor will be: Sunak, Johnson or Mordaunt?
This thread explores why none of those is an acceptable PM for the UK.
Now, we are faced with the question of who Truss’s successor will be: Sunak, Johnson or Mordaunt?
This thread explores why none of those is an acceptable PM for the UK.
(3/19)
When Johnson first put together his cabinet in 2019, I said, “Just as Extinction Rebellion has pointed out that we are looking at a climate emergency, I believe that we are looking at a constitutional emergency.”
99-percent.org/understanding-…
When Johnson first put together his cabinet in 2019, I said, “Just as Extinction Rebellion has pointed out that we are looking at a climate emergency, I believe that we are looking at a constitutional emergency.”
99-percent.org/understanding-…
Thread (1/13)
Less than 12 months ago, Johnson seemed so impregnable that I was motivated to write this article
99-percent.org/the-fragility-…
Less than 12 months ago, Johnson seemed so impregnable that I was motivated to write this article
99-percent.org/the-fragility-…
(2/13)
And now, the question of Johnson’s departure seems to be on of when rather than if.
This thread explores the consequences of a post-Johnson Tory party
And now, the question of Johnson’s departure seems to be on of when rather than if.
This thread explores the consequences of a post-Johnson Tory party
(3/13)
When Johnson first put together his cabinet in 2019, I said,
“Just as Extinction Rebellion has pointed out that we are looking at a climate emergency, I believe that we are looking at a constitutional emergency.”
99-percent.org/understanding-…
When Johnson first put together his cabinet in 2019, I said,
“Just as Extinction Rebellion has pointed out that we are looking at a climate emergency, I believe that we are looking at a constitutional emergency.”
99-percent.org/understanding-…
Thread (1/14)
With all the government is doing, it is hard to keep track of the big picture.
There is a real risk of the UK becoming the world’s first ‘formerly developed nation.’
The government has mishandled its three challenges
99-percent.org/austerity-brex…
With all the government is doing, it is hard to keep track of the big picture.
There is a real risk of the UK becoming the world’s first ‘formerly developed nation.’
The government has mishandled its three challenges
99-percent.org/austerity-brex…
(2/14)
On COVID, almost alone among world governments, it has declared unconditional surrender to the virus.
99-percent.org/leadership-in-…
On COVID, almost alone among world governments, it has declared unconditional surrender to the virus.
99-percent.org/leadership-in-…
(3/14)
Which will increase the likelihood of bodies piling high, especially among more deprived groups.
Which will increase the likelihood of bodies piling high, especially among more deprived groups.
