A Fair Deal for Millennials?
The old sometimes give the impression that the reason millennials struggle to buy a house is that they drink too many lattes and eat too many crushed avocados. The young […]
A New Year Letter from Mark E Thomas
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! What a year 2019 turned out to be! In the UK, after 10 years of austerity, we have a new government, most of whose […]
Looking back at 2019
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Laozi […]
Going Post-Post-Truth
Post-truth (adjective): relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion thyan appeals to emotion and personal belief. In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries […]
Johnson Won. What Can We Do?
Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie The general […]
Speech to the Gladstone Club
This is a transcript of my speech to the Gladstone Club on Monday, 9 December, 2019 Good evening. In three days, we go to the polls in probably the most […]
UK General Election 2019
The 99% Organisation is not affiliated with any political party. But it clearly stands against mass impoverishment and against the market fundamentalist philosophy. As many people – including John Major, […]
London: City of Extremes
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. Samuel Johnson For centuries, London has been one of the most exciting and dynamic cities in the world. […]
The Denialist’s Playbook
Justice delayed is justice denied. William E. Gladstone Economists are rethinking the numbers on inequality claimed a headline in this week’s Economist. At first glance, the article seemed to be […]
What Lies Behind the Tory Manifesto?
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed […]