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With all the government is doing, it is hard to keep track of the big picture.
This thread argues that the UK risks ceasing to be a functioning democracy with a strong economy and a prosperous population and becoming the world’s first ‘formerly developed nation.’
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On COVID, the government plans an imminent, unconditional surrender to the virus, at a time when we need strong leadership.
99-percent.org/leadership-in-…
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Which will increase the likelihood of bodies piling high, especially among more deprived groups.
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But it is not just(!) the poor economic performance and high death toll we should worry about.
The government is also unwinding our democracy
99-percent.org/saving-democra…
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Getting rid of our right to peaceful protest.
99-percent.org/what-kind-of-c…
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And making sure that while we talk about ‘equality under the law’ there will be a very different law for them than for us.
99-percent.org/what-is-happen…
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Which is a core objective of the market fundamentalist agenda.
“The new Sovereign Individual will operate like the gods of myth in the same physical environment as the ordinary, subject citizen, but in a separate realm politically.”
99-percent.org/what-is-the-ma…
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As is deconstructing the post-war social contract, starting with the Welfare State, which they claim is no longer affordable.
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And the NHS which has long been under a stealth assault.
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Fortunately, the façade is becoming more fragile.
99-percent.org/the-fragility-…
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There are increasing calls for an anti-government alliance
99-percent.org/saving-the-uk/
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And there are the first signs that the one-nation Tories may be trying to regain influence in their party.
99-percent.org/a-rebel-allian…
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And it will only take five, fairly common-sense actions to reverse this dangerous trend.
99-percent.org/five-actions-t…
The stakes are high: we have a completely new type of 'government.'
99-percent.org/malice-in-plun…
So we need to act now.
99-percent.org/time-to-change…
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