Trust Your Lying Eyes
Why we continue to believe the fallacies that prevent national renewal Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash The phrase “lying eyes” is attributed to Dorothy Dix who wrote, “There […]
What Should the Chancellor do in November?
The Prime Minster has promised a decade of national renewal – the Chancellor needs to act now for that to be possible Introduction Things have not been going well in […]
Two Futures for Britain
Without bold action by the government, British citizens could find ourselves living in a formerly-developed nation In the book 99%, which was published in 2019, I made what felt at […]
The Deadly ‘Logic’ Blocking National Renewal
Three baseless taboos are derailing national renewal – but they need not The question is not whether the UK needs a decade of national renewal as Sir Keir Starmer claimed. […]
The Lettuce and the Orange
Trump’s Budget has similarities with Truss’s – will his fate be the same? This article is by Mark E Thomas and Vincent Gomez of the 99% Organisation, a former investment banker […]
Learned Helplessness
Why it is time to reject the idea that we are helpless to solve the nation’s problems The UK faces serious challenges: the cost-of-living crisis, which has been with us […]
How to Win at Budget Analysis
The Chancellor is due to announce her Autumn Statement on October 30. The Budget will set the framework within which the government will – or will not – be […]