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The Conservatives are still repeating the increasingly ludicrous claim that they have been "getting the big calls right."
As this thread shows, nothing could be further from the truth.
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The biggest calls have been on the economy, on Brexit, on COVID and on the rule of law.
They have failed on every one.
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On Brexit, they chose to pursue a ‘hard Brexit’ against all advice and with no mandate… 99-percent.org/a-no-deal-brex…
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With the result that we have had the worst-performing economy in the developed world since 2016, and most people are poorer today than they were in 2010 – an unheard of disaster. 99-percent.org/time-to-change…
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And the wrong call on whether to legalise corruption by MPs, with the result that they were forced to make a U-turn and lost what was once a ‘safe seat.’ 99-percent.org/legalising-cor…
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They are now making the wrong call on when to get rid of Johnson: a PM who is clearly in breach of several laws and the Ministerial Code, and who will repay their loyalty only by dragging down as many as he can…. 99-percent.org/the-wars-of-jo…
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With the result that the UK will increasingly resemble a failed state until he is gone.
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Less than 12 months ago, Johnson seemed so impregnable that I was motivated to write this article 99-percent.org/the-fragility-…
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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
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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-…
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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…