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When things seem to be going wrong in so many different ways, it can get confusing.
This thread shows that it is simpler than it seems.
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If you don’t like them pouring sewage into our rivers, remember that results from government policy decisions taken to protect donors’ interests. 99-percent.org/the-sewage-reb…
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If you don’t like the idea of turning the NHS into something like the US system (which causes 2/3rds of US personal bankruptcies), remember that results from government policy decisions taken to protect donors’ interests. 99-percent.org/amending-the-h…
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If you don’t like that they spent well over £1 billion of our money with unqualified companies linked to ministers – in several cases in return for nothing usable, remember that results from government decisions taken to protect donors’ interests. 99-percent.org/money-for-noth…
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If you are horrified that they earmarked £37 billion of our money for Test & Trace and spent most of it with favoured private sector partners, remember that results from government policy decisions taken to protect donors’ interests. 99-percent.org/whats-in-a-nam…
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If you don’t like the way they are turning the UK into a Plunder State, remember that that is what their donors are telling them to do. 99-percent.org/malice-in-plun…
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If you don’t like the way the “government is acting as a mechanism for redistributing wealth from the ordinary subject citizen to the very wealthy” remember that that is precisely what their donors are telling them to do. 99-percent.org/plunderland-re…
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If you don’t like the way the government is systematically unwinding democracy, remember that this is how they intend to hold onto power so that they can continue to protect donors’ interests. 99-percent.org/saving-democra…
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If you don’t like the extent of corruption in the Conservative Party, remember that that is how donors ensure that their interests are always what drives policy. 99-percent.org/legalising-cor…
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This thread is about the increasing corruption in UK politics.
Corruption is hard to prove but immensely destructive of society 99-percent.org/corruption-in-…
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And our democratic safeguards against it are under serious threat.
Leading Cabinet ministers are taking part in the attack on our anti-corruption defences. theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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Unfortunately, the government’s attack on democracy is wider still and therefore even more dangerous. 99-percent.org/saving-democra…
The last decade has brought serious threats to the health, wealth and freedom of UK citizens.
This thread sets out the challenges and considers what the future may hold.
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In terms of health, the long-term challenge is that the government is keen to dismantle the NHS as we know it today… 99-percent.org/amending-the-h…
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… and the short-term challenge is that the government has adopted – from the outset – a very poor strategy for handling COVID… 99-percent.org/what-is-the-go…
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The Government’s Health and Care Bill is now in the House of Lords.
If it passes without amendment, the impact on us all will be grave. Please read to the end and sign the petition, while there is still time.
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Ministers will be empowered to migrate our healthcare system to something much more like the US, where you might find yourself having to pay:
Blood test: $100-$300
Giving birth: $9,000-17,000
Breast cancer $15,000-300,000
Etc, etc 99-percent.org/amending-the-h…