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@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social

Strategist, mathematician, author of 99% (FT Best Books of 2019) and founder of the 99% Organisation. Join us here: https://99-percent.org/

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The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.

Tesla makes up less than 2%.

The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.

04.12.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6042    ๐Ÿ” 1208    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 406    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111
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Daily Mail owner's wife donates ยฃ50,000 to Reform UK The wife of the owner of the Daily Mail made a ยฃ50,000 donation to Reform UK earlier this year.

Daily Mail ownerโ€™s wife donates ยฃ50,000 to Reform UK

Nothing to see here...

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...

04.12.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 707    ๐Ÿ” 343    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Sophy Ridge, "The biggest ever donation to a single political party, to Reform UK"

"ยฃ9,000,000"

Anyone care to guess what the donor expects in return?

04.12.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 404    ๐Ÿ” 145    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think theyโ€™re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.

04.12.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1696    ๐Ÿ” 642    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

MPโ€™s must resist any attempt by the government to undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy. Write to your MP now!

04.12.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 175    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The fact that Farage says Reeve should face a sleeze inquiry is proof that irony is not dead.

03.12.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 473    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health โ€˜overdiagnosisโ€™ Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce

Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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04.12.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 862    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Iโ€™m supporting this petition c.org/9zTY7rMwXM

04.12.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Corporations to claim $16B from retroactive GOP tax break, federal report says The Republican tax law's bonus depreciation provision is expected to cost $362.7 billion over the next ten years, with corporations claiming $16 billion in new tax breaks this year.

Donald Trump and Republicans gave billionaire corporations a giant tax handout to "incentivize" investments they ALREADY MADE.

As far as I'm aware, they donโ€™t have a time machine.

It's just the latest excuse to throw money at billionaires while Americans struggle to get by.

03.12.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 628    ๐Ÿ” 214    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

When buying a house is unattainable and jobs are disappearing, it's no surprise young people think they canโ€™t succeed, especially young men.

It's not their fault. Itโ€™s Washingtonโ€™s fault for allowing the middle class to be hollowed out just to make rich people richer.

03.12.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3521    ๐Ÿ” 853    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 209    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

Reform will merge with the Tory Party that voters booted out in 2024 for its corruption, incompetence & malice.

Despite Farageโ€™s denials, Itโ€™s inevitable.

โ€œMeet the new boss, same as the old boss,โ€ as The Who sang in โ€œWonโ€™t get fooled againโ€

Does Reform think voters are stupid?

Of course it does

03.12.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.

They are lying to us.

03.12.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24798    ๐Ÿ” 8534    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1055    ๐Ÿ“Œ 384
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Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six years Soaring demand has led to โ€˜shockingโ€™ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows

Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said:

โ€œThe private sector isnโ€™t a pressure valve for the NHS. Private hospitals rely on the same overstretched staff, so shifting more NHS money their way only pulls people out of an already thin workforce."

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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The War after the Battle - 99% How the far-right may lose the battle, but still hope to win the war As many centre-right politicians and commentators have warned us, what used to be the Conservative Party [โ€ฆ]

We suspected this would happen as long ago as June last year.

99-percent.org/the-war-afte...

03.12.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! Iโ€™m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

02.12.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2102    ๐Ÿ” 1000    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46

This story sums up Trump: No need for evidence. No need for laws or treaties. No need for discussions. If Trump decides (based upon whatever random information or maybe just heartburn) that someone is in the wrong, he believes he has the right to kill them.

The US is now a rogue nation.

02.12.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5577    ๐Ÿ” 1621    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 253    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

A clear explanation, backed up with data, of the UKs nonsensical fiscal rules.

02.12.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m sure @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social said the same thing when @rokhanna.bsky.social and Maddie introduced the Discharge Petition forcing the vote on the Epstein files.

We need leaders who fight for whatโ€™s right rather than assuming assuming theyโ€™re powerless.

02.12.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brilliant piece by @mjrobbins.com on the Oxfordshire rubbish dump - and what it says about the failure of state institutions and rising sense of lawlessness.

martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...

02.12.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere. Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

25.11.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

What a speech! I wish someone in the UK would do similar on Boris Johnson and/or Nigel Farage, particularly focusing on what Farage was actually doing on Brexit night (there will be some who know, and records that could be called in by an inquiry.)

02.12.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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BREAKING: โ€œThe idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."

Keir Starmer says that "wild promises were made" about Brexit.

He adds: "The same argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"

01.12.2025 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1401    ๐Ÿ” 402    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle

๐Ÿ”ด Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence

If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putinโ€™s inner circleโ€ฆ

bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...

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Set up by the Tories, it should be replaced by something which wouldnโ€™t push their austerity ideology which was originally based on misunderstood fag packet calculations.

The issues we face now stem from Tory austerity: Brexit, poor economic outlook & right wing extremism.

02.12.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fiscal Rules vs Economic Renewal - 99% Inaugural meeting of the Working Group on Progressive Economics The expert panel with three of the MPs This is an approximate transcript of the inaugural meeting in Parliament on 20 [โ€ฆ]

Agreed. As do the Chancellor's fiscal rules.

99-percent.org/fiscal-rules...

02.12.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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02.12.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

In my judgment youโ€™re right

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@jeevunsandher.bsky.social

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