David Puttick FB99%
@davidviking.bsky.social
Finding ways to maintain the appearance of sanity in an insane world. Values before intellect. Purpose before profit.
Get fact-based research and analysis on ever widening inequality here: https://99-percent.org/
Get fact-based research and analysis on ever widening inequality here: https://99-percent.org/
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It will come as no surprise to anyone to hear Trump’s Tariff Formula has been slammed as ‘fake’ and incredibly stupid’ by experts
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Trump’s Tariff Formula Slammed As ‘Fake’ And ‘Incredibly Stupid’ By Experts
The approach appears to punish countries based on their trade imbalances with the U.S., rather than the taxes they impose on the U.S. and a combination of other trade barriers Trump claimed the new ta...
www.forbes.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
It will come as no surprise to anyone to hear Trump’s Tariff Formula has been slammed as ‘fake’ and incredibly stupid’ by experts
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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My latest oped for LBC.
On how we have it all back to front with the US and EU
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www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
On how we have it all back to front with the US and EU
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www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Starmer’s strategy is back to front - the trade deal we need isn’t with the US
In Donald Trump’s mad world, up is down, black is white, and war is peace.
www.lbc.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My latest oped for LBC.
On how we have it all back to front with the US and EU
👇
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
On how we have it all back to front with the US and EU
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www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
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Brexit has never looked quite so ruinously insane as it does right now. And it’s always been idiotic. Alone, outside the EU, needing to improve our relationship with our own continent but also terrified of the wrecking-ball lunatic in the White House. Cornered by our own ‘sovereign’ stupidity.
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Brexit has never looked quite so ruinously insane as it does right now. And it’s always been idiotic. Alone, outside the EU, needing to improve our relationship with our own continent but also terrified of the wrecking-ball lunatic in the White House. Cornered by our own ‘sovereign’ stupidity.
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Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
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Today's stock market crash was the worst since the Spring of 2020.
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today's stock market crash was the worst since the Spring of 2020.
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
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Tariffs were supposed to be better for the USA than any other major economy
They have been worse for the USA than for any other major economy.
They have been worse for the USA than for any other major economy.
April 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Tariffs were supposed to be better for the USA than any other major economy
They have been worse for the USA than for any other major economy.
They have been worse for the USA than for any other major economy.
When the World Changes … 99-percent.org/when-the-wor...
When the World Changes … - 99%
Our government faces stiff challenges and if it is to meet them and deliver the promised national renewal, it will need a rapid and significant shift in mindset Before the […]
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March 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When the World Changes … 99-percent.org/when-the-wor...
Austerity is counterproductive Well worth reading bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Tackling austerity – what can we learn from Portugal?
In this piece for Bylines Cymru’s Austerity Project, Mark E Thomas revisits his 2020 article on Portugal’s response to austerity after the global financial crisis
bylines.cymru
March 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Austerity is counterproductive Well worth reading bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Learned Helplessness 99-percent.org/learned-help...
Learned Helplessness - 99%
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 […]
99-percent.org
February 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Learned Helplessness 99-percent.org/learned-help...
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
December 7, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
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www.techpolicy.press/an-eight-yea...
We need to get our act together before it's too, too late.
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social and @markkieranuk.bsky.social, this may interest you.
We need to get our act together before it's too, too late.
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social and @markkieranuk.bsky.social, this may interest you.
An Eight-Year Struggle for Accountability in the US Ends in Defeat | TechPolicy.Press
The present moment may put severe constraints on the imaginations of pro-democracy reformers, writes Dean Jackson.
www.techpolicy.press
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 PM
www.techpolicy.press/an-eight-yea...
We need to get our act together before it's too, too late.
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social and @markkieranuk.bsky.social, this may interest you.
We need to get our act together before it's too, too late.
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social and @markkieranuk.bsky.social, this may interest you.
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November 19, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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Latest article. Think what's happening in the US couldn't happen here? We need to act to protect our #democracy while we still can.
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social @openbritain.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @peterstefanovic.bsky.social
westcountryvoices.co.uk/its-urgent-t...
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social @openbritain.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @peterstefanovic.bsky.social
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It's urgent that we DO SOMETHING, or it absolutely COULD happen here
If the last ten years or so have taught us anything, it should surely be that the era of the ‘good chaps’ theory of government is well and truly over, and ‘it’ (authoritarianism/oligarchy/fascism) cou...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Latest article. Think what's happening in the US couldn't happen here? We need to act to protect our #democracy while we still can.
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social @openbritain.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @peterstefanovic.bsky.social
westcountryvoices.co.uk/its-urgent-t...
@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social @openbritain.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @peterstefanovic.bsky.social
westcountryvoices.co.uk/its-urgent-t...
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(22/22)
Now we have a new government. It is vital that they reverse all this damage.
If you think this is important, please share the thread widely tagging-in your MP, and take a look at The 99% Organisation and join us.
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Now we have a new government. It is vital that they reverse all this damage.
If you think this is important, please share the thread widely tagging-in your MP, and take a look at The 99% Organisation and join us.
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Home - 99%
99-percent.org
September 28, 2024 at 1:09 PM
(22/22)
Now we have a new government. It is vital that they reverse all this damage.
If you think this is important, please share the thread widely tagging-in your MP, and take a look at The 99% Organisation and join us.
99-percent.org
Now we have a new government. It is vital that they reverse all this damage.
If you think this is important, please share the thread widely tagging-in your MP, and take a look at The 99% Organisation and join us.
99-percent.org
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(21/22)
Lord Darzi’s more recent report confirmed all these points and set out a challenge for the new government.
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Lord Darzi’s more recent report confirmed all these points and set out a challenge for the new government.
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99-percent.org
September 28, 2024 at 1:08 PM
(21/22)
Lord Darzi’s more recent report confirmed all these points and set out a challenge for the new government.
99-percent.org/wp-content/u...
Lord Darzi’s more recent report confirmed all these points and set out a challenge for the new government.
99-percent.org/wp-content/u...
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(20/22)
This sparked a debate in Parliament in which the government again denied all the points above.
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
This sparked a debate in Parliament in which the government again denied all the points above.
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
Westminster Hall
parliamentlive.tv
September 28, 2024 at 1:08 PM
(20/22)
This sparked a debate in Parliament in which the government again denied all the points above.
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
This sparked a debate in Parliament in which the government again denied all the points above.
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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(19/22)
… and it showed that without a healthy workforce, the UK economy is doomed to fail.
… and it showed that without a healthy workforce, the UK economy is doomed to fail.
September 28, 2024 at 1:07 PM
(19/22)
… and it showed that without a healthy workforce, the UK economy is doomed to fail.
… and it showed that without a healthy workforce, the UK economy is doomed to fail.
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(18/22)
It debunked the notion that the most cost-effective system in the developed world had mysteriously become unaffordable…
It debunked the notion that the most cost-effective system in the developed world had mysteriously become unaffordable…
September 28, 2024 at 1:07 PM
(18/22)
It debunked the notion that the most cost-effective system in the developed world had mysteriously become unaffordable…
It debunked the notion that the most cost-effective system in the developed world had mysteriously become unaffordable…
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(17/22)
… and that NHS performance rose steadily from 2001-2010.
The problems came after 2010.
… and that NHS performance rose steadily from 2001-2010.
The problems came after 2010.
September 28, 2024 at 1:07 PM
(17/22)
… and that NHS performance rose steadily from 2001-2010.
The problems came after 2010.
… and that NHS performance rose steadily from 2001-2010.
The problems came after 2010.
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(16/22)
The report pointed out that the Conservatives inherited the best healthcare system in the world…
The report pointed out that the Conservatives inherited the best healthcare system in the world…
September 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM
(16/22)
The report pointed out that the Conservatives inherited the best healthcare system in the world…
The report pointed out that the Conservatives inherited the best healthcare system in the world…
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(15/22)
In July 2023, we launched the Rational Policy-maker’s Guide to the NHS in Parliament …
99-percent.org/parliamentar...
In July 2023, we launched the Rational Policy-maker’s Guide to the NHS in Parliament …
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Parliamentary launch of The Rational Policy-Maker’s Guide to the NHS - 99%
This is an approximate transcript of the presentation given by Mark E Thomas at the launch, hosted by Richard Burgon, MP on 4 July. Present from Parliament were MPs Caroline […]
99-percent.org
September 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM
(15/22)
In July 2023, we launched the Rational Policy-maker’s Guide to the NHS in Parliament …
99-percent.org/parliamentar...
In July 2023, we launched the Rational Policy-maker’s Guide to the NHS in Parliament …
99-percent.org/parliamentar...
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(14/22)
So what SHOULD we do?
Fix it.
So what SHOULD we do?
Fix it.
September 28, 2024 at 1:05 PM
(14/22)
So what SHOULD we do?
Fix it.
So what SHOULD we do?
Fix it.
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(13/22)
… but would be ruinous for many UK citizens.
And many would die.
“This is the list of what Laura Marston has sacrificed to keep herself alive: Her car, her furniture, her apartment, her retirement fund, her dog….”
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… but would be ruinous for many UK citizens.
And many would die.
“This is the list of what Laura Marston has sacrificed to keep herself alive: Her car, her furniture, her apartment, her retirement fund, her dog….”
99-percent.org/the-reality-...
The Reality of Health Insurance - 99%
In the UK, our healthcare is (largely) funded through the tax system and provided by the NHS. But Sajid Javid does not like that. He thinks, “government shouldn’t […]
99-percent.org
September 28, 2024 at 1:05 PM
(13/22)
… but would be ruinous for many UK citizens.
And many would die.
“This is the list of what Laura Marston has sacrificed to keep herself alive: Her car, her furniture, her apartment, her retirement fund, her dog….”
99-percent.org/the-reality-...
… but would be ruinous for many UK citizens.
And many would die.
“This is the list of what Laura Marston has sacrificed to keep herself alive: Her car, her furniture, her apartment, her retirement fund, her dog….”
99-percent.org/the-reality-...
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(12/22)
Rather than fix it, the far-right are calling for it to be replaced with a private system and even suggesting some form of insurance-based funding. That would generate far more profit …
westcountryvoices.co.uk/saving-the-u...
Rather than fix it, the far-right are calling for it to be replaced with a private system and even suggesting some form of insurance-based funding. That would generate far more profit …
westcountryvoices.co.uk/saving-the-u...
Saving the UK's social contract - starting with the NHS
Even on the 75th anniversary of its foundation, the NHS came under assault from the far-right. This article tackles the claims of its detractors and shows how a team of volunteers has taken the argume...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
September 28, 2024 at 1:05 PM
(12/22)
Rather than fix it, the far-right are calling for it to be replaced with a private system and even suggesting some form of insurance-based funding. That would generate far more profit …
westcountryvoices.co.uk/saving-the-u...
Rather than fix it, the far-right are calling for it to be replaced with a private system and even suggesting some form of insurance-based funding. That would generate far more profit …
westcountryvoices.co.uk/saving-the-u...