(2/2) And today @sarahoconnorft.ft.com asks: www.ft.com/content/1ef1...

Thread (1/2) The potential downsides of AI are getting more attention. Yesterday, I wrote this: 99-percent.org/the-economic...

This week’s letter looks at the power of AI to reshape the world, and asks: will it boost the economy, or collapse it? And we have an update on our three key projects. sh1.sendinblue.com/3g8wiki2bglp...

Proud to have represented @99organisation.bsky.social at yesterday’s phenomenal @togetheralliance.bsky.social March against the rise of the far right. #together #hope #unity #love

Just signed up for this. @doctorow.pluralistic.net is speaking at 11am @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social @davidviking.bsky.social @andymcg.bsky.social @lynnejonesorguk.bsky.social @99organisation.bsky.social

Relaunch of Cost of Living Action today with @yuanfenyang.bsky.social and Lord David Walker, the Cost of Living Champion. “Any second spent not thinking about the cost of living is a wasted second” (Keir Starmer) @costoflivingaction.bsky.social @patmillsuk.bsky.social @99organisation.bsky.social

This week’s letter to 99% members focuses on the urgent need to address the contradictions in government policy. And we have a meeting for members and potential members tomorrow. sh1.sendinblue.com/3g8sav62bglp...

Why Labour, or any government which aims to be progressive, must build capability for joined-up policy making. And how they can start. Policy-making for the Real World 99-percent.org/policy-makin...

And this from one of my co-authors, former bond trader, @vincegomez.com 99-percent.org/can-we-affor...

More like this from @99organisation.bsky.social Including this similar paper and relevant discussion 99-percent.org/how-to-trans...

In 2023, I co-authored this article, Telling the Truth about the UK Economy. It was aimed at the likely incoming Labour Government, but ignored. At last a Party Leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social is running with these arguments, #MakingHopeNormalAgain westenglandbylines.co.uk/business/eco...

“But the national mood can change: all that is required is leadership.” Conclusion from this article by @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social Today, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is providing that Leadership! 99-percent.org/we-cant-affo...

@vincegomez.com this piece nails it. Such a great explainer for us all - especially government- to understand how government spending works. Please SHARE!! @99organisation.bsky.social @davidviking.bsky.social @allangpaterson.bsky.social @lynnejonesorguk.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social

If a physicist can model plasma at 100 million degrees but struggles to explain how Parliament funds public spending, something is wrong. Democracy requires monetary literacy. #PublicFinance #FiscalPolicy #Democracy vincegomez.com/articles/art...

Couldn’t agree more. Have you seen @99organisation.bsky.social report ‘The rational policy-maker’s guide to the NHS’? It covers -causes of turnaround in NHS performance between 1997-2010 -choices made then, that we should not repeat - getting the big picture right. 99-percent.org/parliamentar...

Something like the 0.001%, who "have three times more wealth than half of the entire world population combined" are really driving this. 99-percent.org/extreme-weal...

This is what frightens the shit out of them...organised opposition by the 99%

The 99% Organisation has a post on the urgent need for better government and better policies. They set out Five Steps for change. Not least of these is fixing our democracy, and improving people's lives. @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social #GE2029 99-percent.org/if-labour-me...

Good question! Johnson and Cummings did a great job on our checks & balances. This from September 2020 @99organisation.bsky.social @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social 99-percent.org/saving-democ...

The 99% Organisation aims to end mass impoverishment in the UK. This week’s letter sets out how we are planning to do that. sh1.sendinblue.com/3g8o35u2bglp...

This from last June & more relevant now given the grand distraction we are currently witnessing. Don’t forget what’s still happening in the US but now pushed down the news agenda. @99organisation.bsky.social @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social @davidviking.bsky.social 99-percent.org/what-is-happ...

We, the 99%, need to use our power more often, sadly co-ordination is often the stumbling block...a conundrum we have, of course, often discussed.

What next for #Labour? 💭 Following the Gorton and Denton by-election, @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social explores strategic choices facing Labour, from continuing its current approach to pursuing broader reinvention 💡 Read the latest 👇 www.radixbigtent.org.uk/news-comment... @99organisation.bsky.social

Agreed. This so-called 'opting out' is often just desperation. People are being squeezed out because the underfunding has led to undercapacity. 99-percent.org/healthcare-p...

Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said in the Sunday Express: "When the NHS has been funded to meet the needs of the population, access to private healthcare has been static. This is a sign of how govts have failed to provide essential healthcare for all."

Daily Telegraph disinformation check This blog challenges statements made by The Daily Telegraph by quoting other sources and giving our own editorial view westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/dail...

Agreed, we are the 99% and we should never forget it!

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

Yes. Extreme wealth is not positive or even neutral: is a threat to all the rest of us. Extreme wealth vs the 99% - 99% share.google/i49pKhqMtIvx...

We should all remember we are the 99%! Since I got this image originally from you, may I recommend you use it more 😀

Vitally important analysis here. Healthcare Privatisation -- Should We Care? 99-percent.org/healthcare-p...

Last week’s Spring Statement makes little sense given both domestic realities and new global challenges. We have more articles about and by @99organisation in the media. Our next meeting will focus on our economic work. Take a look and come along. sh1.sendinblue.com/3g8jvgi2bglp...

A bunch of puerile frat boys, getting off on killing people. I do not have the vocabulary to express my disgust for this.

An article setting out what it would take for Labour to be an effective progressive party again - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate share.google/7HR97QhMgMQO...

Yes, the Labour Party urgently "needs to decide what kind of country it is trying to build — does it want to be a centre-right party with a high tolerance for racism or does it want to be a dynamic progressive party?" 99-percent.org/if-labour-me...

My latest piece for the @bigissue.com is out today, on how Labour's attacks on those seeking asylum are not only inhumane, potentially illegal, and seriously counterproductive, but also politically incoherent for a party which claims to be "progressive". www.bigissue.com/opinion/labo...

I think Sadiq Khan is right about the threat being existential. 99-percent.org/if-labour-me...

“Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton” Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Very simple: his sound bites are treated as reality, and his blunders are ignored in almost all media. 99-percent.org/the-real-bat...

Yes. It is even more evident today than when we wrote this. 99-percent.org/the-real-bat...

Rachel's plan is working, it's just not working for the majority. No change there.

My guess would be that he wants to complete the transition of the UK into a Plunderland. 99-percent.org/malice-in-pl...

9/ If someone calls transparency “censorship,” translate it: “Let us target voters in private, with no public receipt.” Democracy cannot survive as a dark market. The choice is simple. Turn on the lights now, or learn what happened after it was too late.

A long excellent thread. Economic renewal is possible, if the government had the courage and political will of the 1945 government.

Great analysis here. If Labour Meant Business 99-percent.org/if-labour-me... For me the question is how will Labour ever rebuild trust. They are now a tarnished brand. A principled and articulate Green Party are pointing out Labour’s duplicity every day.

As revealed by my colleague @adambienkov.bsky.social last year, the BBC drew up a strategy to appeal more to Reform voters. Might be waiting a while for them to do the same for Green voters...

Yes, they could finish themselves off, if they are not prepared to change. If Labour Meant Business - 99% share.google/XmJ0D2oPfwd2...

Agreed. Time for a Progressive Tax System? - 99% share.google/U3HUG1w9ijqI...

99% rebuts 7% privatisation figure and says 'we need to be thinking 30%...some specialties, more than 50% of treatments already paid for privately.. ophthalmology ...dentistry.' MPs hear evidence-debate on NHS privatisation in Parliament morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mps-... #morningstaronline