What’s in a Name?
in May, 2020, the UK Prime Minister promised to create a world-beating test and trace system. Many people have criticised the results of his initiative. This article explores whether such […]
The Best We Could!?
According to the government, there have now been 126,000 deaths from Covid in the UK. But according to the Office for National Statistics, the true total is now over 150,000. […]
The Next 200 Years
This article was written by 99% members Norma Cohen and Mark E Thomas in response to a question posed by the FT as part of the 2021 Political Essay Competition. […]
The Fragility Behind the Facade
There is one critically important area on which the Conservative government, which has been in power since 2010, is performing strongly relative to other countries – vaccine roll-out. On other […]
What Kind of Country Does Not have the Right to Peaceful Protest?
The right to peaceful protest is, at least in principle, internationally accepted. Article 21 of the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) governs the right of peaceful […]
Not the Budget We Need
On 3 March 2021, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, unveiled his Budget. Billed as a ‘spend now, tax later’ Budget, the government claims that it represents a decisive break with the […]
The Road to Serfdom – A Wake-Up Call
This article was written by 99% member, Lynne Jones, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak from 1992 until the dissolution of parliament in April 2010. The article was published […]
Trickling Up and Levelling Down
We have become used to hearing the phrase ‘levelling-up’ – in particular in the context of the government’s levelling-up agenda. This agenda recognises that many in the UK have been […]
Poverty in a World of Mass Impoverishment
The most widely quoted measure of poverty is relative poverty which is the defined as ‘having an income of less than 60% of the median income’ (if you imagine everyone […]
Saving the UK from Extremism
Many others have called for a progressive alliance; this article explains why we support that call. Anyone in the UK with generally progressive views (i.e. anyone from the moderate left […]