Sunak or Truss – Who Shirks Better?
Liz Truss was the UK’s shortest-serving Prime Minister. Just over one year ago in the wake of her disastrous mini-Budget and seeing the state of the polls, the Conservative Party […]
Condemning Younger Generations to an Old Age of Poverty
Thirteen long years of increasingly far-right policies have left the UK visibly broken: we have a cost-of-living crisis; our NHS is on its knees and our schools are crumbling; and […]
Tackling the National Emergency
In a moment of candour, while he was campaigning to become Leader of the Conservative Party, Sunak admitted that the state of the UK today constitutes a national emergency. He […]
Four Years Since Launch
The 99% Organisation came into being four years ago when the book 99% was published. Our overall objective was (and is) to end mass impoverishment by peaceful means. To […]
Set UK policy to build an Optimal State
Jeremy Heywood was Cabinet Secretary – the UK’s most senior Civil Servant – from 2012 to 2018. He was extremely open to new ideas, and alternative perspectives. The Heywood Prize […]
The Letter Andrew Bailey Should be Writing
The UK government has left management of inflation almost entirely to the Bank of England, which has a remit to keep inflation to around 2% per annum. And the Bank […]
Drilling while the world burns
In a week when climate records have again been broken, fires rage across much of the world, and the UN Secretary General spoke of “children swept away by monsoon […]
Talking to Our Neighbours
We all have at least one person we know well who has become despairing about the state and trajectory of the UK. And despair is no basis for change. […]
Refresh or Replace?
On Friday, the results came in from three by-elections: in Selby and Ainsty, Somerton and Frome, and Uxbridge and South Ruislip. This article takes a quick look at the conclusions […]
Killing the Hydra
Sometimes the challenges facing those of us who would like the UK to remain a civilised country with a functioning democracy and a strong social contract seem daunting. This article […]