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This thread looks at the rather dismal list of candidates to succeed Johnson.
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Sunak seems to be the ‘favourite,’ but he would be worse than Johnson for several reasons.
First, he played a key role in making sure that our COVID response was among the most damaging – both to health and to the economy – in the world. 99-percent.org/how-does-our-g…
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Not only did he invent the COVID-enabling ‘Eat out to Help Out’ scheme, he actively involved maverick scientists in order to delay taking action against COVID. 99-percent.org/happy-new-year/
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Economically, he has been equally disastrous – the choices he makes consistently favour the very wealthy and force normal people to stump up the cash. 99-percent.org/a-tired-defeat…
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Kwarteng, Patel, Raab, Skidmore and Truss, the authors of the book “Britannia Unchained,” made the unpatriotic claim that “The British are the worst idlers in the world.”
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And we must not forget Gove and Javid, both of whom would like to get rid of the NHS as a comprehensive, universal service, free at the point of use and funded by progressive taxation. 99-percent.org/amending-the-h…
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In fact all of the contenders are market fundamentalists who believe that “laws are for the little people” whereas money is for the “grown-ups.”
99% of the population, in their minds, count as “little people.” 99-percent.org/what-is-the-ma…
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Fortunately, we don’t have to go down that route. But we need a democratic reset to change track. 99-percent.org/five-actions-t…
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If you would like to help the UK to get onto a more positive path, join the 99% Organisation. 99-percent.org
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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-…