What do Labour MPs know about money?
24 October, 2014So far more than 1800 people have emailed their MPs about our Dodds poll which revealed that 7 out of 10 MPs think that only the government can create new money; and, only 1 out of 10 MPs know that new money is created by commercial banks when you make a loan. Labour MPs replied [...]
What do Liberal Democrat MPs know about money?
22 October, 2014Our recent email campaign, sharing the results of a poll, which showed an alarming lack of understanding of how money works in Britain, received this reply from the Liberal Democrats, including Nick Clegg. The Liberal Democrats may struggle to do well in the next election, but ironically they may still be in Government if neither [...]
What do Conservative MPs know about money?
20 October, 2014On August the 19th we started an email campaign to highlight the startling results of the poll that showed that only 1 in 10 MPs understand that 97% of money is created by banks, we have encouraged all Positive Money supporters to email their MP and ask them to confirm that they are aware of [...]
Can you volunteer to be a political coordinator?
6 August, 2014In the lead up to the general election in 2015, Positive Money are focusing on engaging MPs in the issue of money creation and the impact of it on our economy. Some of you may have already contacted your local representative, and hopefully many of you are planning on doing so. Keeping track of our [...]