Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And also, he is quite wrong economically. bsky.app/profile/mrma... 173
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And even his take on the 1980s is quite wrong. bsky.app/profile/mrma... 032
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes, it is only 99% of people who have suffered. 013
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationVivienne @viviennesoton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Information from his friends who all made “Loadsamoney” in the 80s, maybe? 162
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 17hAnd there was no economic recovery.... bsky.app/profile/mrma... 1125
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 16hAnd to compound the problem, we seem to be planning to reduce their state pension, too. bsky.app/profile/mrma... 4123
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18hMillions of UK workers withdrawing from pension schemes to make ends meet Consequence of low wages and high cost of living forcing people into hardship choices - living now v income in retirement. They will have lower private pension in later life and state pension isn't enough even now.bbc.co.ukWhy Gen Z are opting out of workplace pensionsA growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures. 28287146
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMistake Not… @gently-peevish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026bsky.app/profile/gent... 052
Reposted by The 99% Organisation AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Maybe someone could ask Sir Simon what Thatcher did with our NorthSea Oil money ❓ 2229
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationRob Sherry 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇱 @robsherry.co.uk · 01/10/2026Simon Clarke was born in 1984 and can’t remember the 70s at all because he wasn’t even born in that decade en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_C...en.wikipedia.orgSimon Clarke (politician) - Wikipedia 2122
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationDr Susan B. @susan2024.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The nursery rhymes his mother and father sang to him in the 80s 163
Reposted by The 99% Organisation12 Spoons 🇺🇦 @johnfw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Highlights from 1980s I witnessed Miners strike Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation 1981 inner city riots HIV Section 28 Poll Tax riots Housing crisis and right to buy Hillsborough Mad Cow disease Decimation of the welfare state NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding 0118
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationIvan Richardson. @inshado.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’m 68 and I can vividly remember. Thatcher and her goon squad dismantled the industrial fabric of the UK in her ideological quest to destroy the unions because they had brought Ted Heath to his knees. We still live with Thatchers vile legacy today. 0122
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18hYour weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...youtu.beIf UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting himYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 57983483
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationNick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services. 14570711992
Reposted by The 99% Organisationfreefalling66.bsky.social @freefalling66.bsky.social · 17hThose who ACTUALLY LIVED THROUGH IT, know how awful it was for ordinary people. 052
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationPete Masterman @pedallerpedro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Well seeing he was born in 1984, presumably books - not from personal experience obviously! 052
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a... 24723270
Reposted by The 99% Organisationtimnottidge.bsky.social @timnottidge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#99percent.org I worked in factories in the 1970s and 1980s - the 99% were better off than ever - no need for minimum wages, second jobs, tax credits. The decline began in the 1980s as Thatrcher's reforms sent any benefits of growth to the rich, impoverishing the 99% so now they vote for Nigel... 0323
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Allister Heath, lest we forget, said that the Truss / Kwarteng Budget was "the best Budget I have ever heard a British Chancellor deliver, by a massive margin…" www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09... 03918
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Our planet is heating faster than at any time in the geological record. That's terrifying. But here's the hopeful part: most of us are worried and want action — we just stay silent, assuming no one else cares. 7 in 10 people rarely or never talk about it. So the silence feeds itself 56424
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026🚨 We’re calling on Ofcom to open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows and whether his programme on 15 September 2026 was within the rules on impartiality ⚠️ Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias.bestforbritain.orgFarage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain 341029436
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In short, we can still hope for renewal, but we need some reinvention to make it possible. A Blueprint for Economic Renewal 99-percent.org/a-blueprint-...99-percent.orgA Blueprint for Economic Renewal - 99%Can Labour still keep its promise of renewal and, if so, how? This is an approximate transcript of the presentation which launched our new report, A Blueprint for Economic Renewal, […] 055
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Poor Sir Simon. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 'remarkable national recovery' he refers to is a myth. The 1980s was when our national decline started. I wonder where he gets his information? 99-percent.org/back-to-the-... 829182
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is great news. And here is some of what they should address. 99-percent.org/future-proof...99-percent.orgFuture-Proofing our Democracy - 99%MPs and Peers gather to hear about the urgent need for Defensive Constitutional Reform On 29 June 2026, the MPs Clive Lewis (L), Roz Savage (LD) and Richard Quigley (L) […] 087
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationPhilippa Banks @phil510.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...action.electoral-reform.org.ukThe PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds 109324
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yes, you are quite right. And the really big effect will be felt by poor pensioners in 50 years time. Today's youth will be retiring into poverty. 99-percent.org/tough-decisi...99-percent.org‘Tough Decisions’ - 99%How a pattern of decision-making that harms the economy and most ordinary voters is being sustained, even as the damage becomes clearer Since the 1980s, the UK economy has been […] 032
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And, of course, we are not immune to something like that happening here. 99-percent.org/future-proof...99-percent.orgFuture-Proofing our Democracy - 99%MPs and Peers gather to hear about the urgent need for Defensive Constitutional Reform On 29 June 2026, the MPs Clive Lewis (L), Roz Savage (LD) and Richard Quigley (L) […] 042
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Well, we're still at just over 20 months of Trump's second term, and the www.trumpactiontracker.info has reached over 4,000 documented actions :-/ 513266
Reposted by The 99% Organisationeyehouse.bsky.social @eyehouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thanks for doing this research on European state pension costs. I did a similar check today on costs of state benefits, after the Torygraph stringer at Labour conference referred to the UK's "bloated benefits bill". Turns out, as with pensions, that UK is half way down the Euro league. 142
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The UK has always had a right-wing media. But they are now a hysterical, disinformation spreading cartel. Weaponised by Brexit lies, Corbyn smears, defending Boris Johnson, spreading racism & trying to delegitimise the very idea of a Labour Govt. Another rotten vested interest needing reform. 65522135
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Exactly right. 99-percent.org/the-real-bat...99-percent.orgThe Real Battle for Control of the UK - 99%The battle in the UK is not the traditional competition between parties, but a much more dangerous struggle between a small number of billionaires and the bulk of the UK […] 053
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"There is a lot wrong with this picture. And one ... is that the Prime Minister doesn’t figure in it. If we leave the wiring like this, it doesn’t matter who is Prime Minister: we get the same economic policies anyway." A Blueprint for Economic Renewal 99-percent.org/a-blueprint-...99-percent.orgA Blueprint for Economic Renewal - 99%Can Labour still keep its promise of renewal and, if so, how? This is an approximate transcript of the presentation which launched our new report, A Blueprint for Economic Renewal, […] 032
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationNeil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In which we learn that: - the Triple Lock wasn’t quite the existential threat to the nation’s solvency that commentators said it was; - abolishing it won’t pay for much - but losing the earnings link means that pensions will fall in real terms. Somebody didn’t really think this one through. 033
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationThe 99% Organisation @99organisation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a no-brainer for any serious government. And it is among the proposals we shall be presenting in our Blueprint for National Renewal at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Please make sure your MP attends. 99-percent.org/a-blueprint-...99-percent.orgA Blueprint for Economic Renewal at LPC - 99%We can all see the need for national renewal. But Labour has so far struggled to deliver renewal both because of institutional obstacles and because of a lack of clarity […] 064
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Labour promised renewal and an end to the cost-of-living crisis. That cannot be done without economic renewal. And despite what we have heard, they *could* still achieve that. This is how. A Blueprint for Economic Renewal 99-percent.org/a-blueprint-...99-percent.orgA Blueprint for Economic Renewal - 99%Can Labour still keep its promise of renewal and, if so, how? This is an approximate transcript of the presentation which launched our new report, A Blueprint for Economic Renewal, […] 056
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”. 201238445
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yes, and the savings will be the future pensions of today's younger workers. None of it makes sense. bsky.app/profile/mrma... 277
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationAnn Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The new radical proposal to end the 'triple lock' for pensions will generate at least £15bn or at most £30bn for the Treasury we are told. That is equal to 0.5% or 1% of UK national income of £3 trillion. Won't go far. 3117
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Agreed. If we go the way of America, historians will not write kindly about the role of the |BBC in facilitating the rise of UK fascism. 99-percent.org/what-is-happ...99-percent.orgWhat is Happening to America? - 99%Can Americans count on the USA remaining a democracy? 062
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Daily Telegraph would not thank him for breaking the fiscal rules .... but most British people would be far better off. What voters won't thank him for is if he sticks to the rules but fails to grow the economy and tackle the cost of living crisis. 99-percent.org/a-blueprint-...99-percent.orgA Blueprint for Economic Renewal - 99%Can Labour still keep its promise of renewal and, if so, how? This is an approximate transcript of the presentation which launched our new report, A Blueprint for Economic Renewal, […] 072
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He is quite right. And this is what it will take to change track. 99-percent.org/a-blueprint-...99-percent.orgA Blueprint for Economic Renewal - 99%Can Labour still keep its promise of renewal and, if so, how? This is an approximate transcript of the presentation which launched our new report, A Blueprint for Economic Renewal, […] 042
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Britain has been on the wrong path for a long time." During his speech Andy Burnham pledges to "make a break with the direction of the past 40 years and put Britain on a new path, build a new economy and a new politics." 1919932
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Brexit has done more harm than good." Andy Burnham says he will 'lay out options' at the next reset summit to tighten the relationship between the EU and UK 1030447
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026... and imagine paying far-right parties like Reform UK £millions to ensure they keep spewing out hate against migrants, claimants, women etc etc and ensure no government dares to #TaxTheRich #TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence 222892
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationSunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC 28036321969
Reposted by The 99% OrganisationMark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Labour promised national renewal. With a change in economic approach, it is still possible for Labour to keep that promise." A Blueprint for Economic Renewal 99-percent.org/a-blueprint-...99-percent.orgA Blueprint for Economic Renewal - 99%Can Labour still keep its promise of renewal and, if so, how? This is an approximate transcript of the presentation which launched our new report, A Blueprint for Economic Renewal, […] 01510