What should the Prime Minister do?
The opportunity to make Labour an effective progressive party again, and how to seize it The May 2026 election results were dismal for Labour, and this has predictably called into […]
The Man with the Plan
In 1942, Sir William Beveridge published a report which set out to tackle what he called the five giants: “Want… Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness.” His report was both a […]
BlueSky Blitz
A simple way to grow our movement — together Why this matters Every article from 99-percent.org that gets shared on BlueSky reaches new people — and new people become members. […]
Schrödinger’s Economy
We are asked to believe both that the UK has too little money and too much. They can’t both be true. We are facing a cost-of-living crisis, the economy […]
Defending UK Democracy
Why we need urgent action to safeguard our democracy This is an approximate transcript of the meeting in Parliament on 27 April 2026 chaired by Richard Quigley MP on the […]
Getting your MP to Defend our Democracy
The launch event for Defensive Constitutional Reform will be on 27 April in Parliament. Our Parliamentary sponsor, Richard Quigley MP, has already invited your MP. But they are more likely […]
Tackling Inflation Progressively
Why we need a different approach to handling oil price shocks In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. By May of that year, oil prices had spiked sharply to well over $100 […]
The Economic impact of AI
Policymakers must think through their response to widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence A recent article in the Financial Times exposed the widespread corporate interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), its power […]
Policy-making for the Real World
Progressive governments must build the capability for joined-up policy-making The UK Labour government was elected with a perfectly reasonable diagnosis that the country was in urgent need of national renewal, […]
If Labour Meant Business
What it would take for Labour to become an effective progressive party again, and how they could do it Hannah Spencer of the Green Party is now MP for Gorton […]