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📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.23)
✅ More #equal countries more robust and suffered far less during the COVID pandemic.
❌ USA performed worst. UK also fared very badly.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
✅ More #equal countries more robust and suffered far less during the COVID pandemic.
❌ USA performed worst. UK also fared very badly.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.23 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
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🙄 "... and when the aliens landed, they found that the human race had died out due to stupidity..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🙄 "... and when the aliens landed, they found that the human race had died out due to stupidity..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
♥️ “When he saw people dying and their families being shot, he couldn’t bear to see people dying,” he said. “It was a humanitarian act, more than anything else. It was a matter of conscience … He’s very proud that he saved even one life." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter
Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
♥️ “When he saw people dying and their families being shot, he couldn’t bear to see people dying,” he said. “It was a humanitarian act, more than anything else. It was a matter of conscience … He’s very proud that he saved even one life." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🚨 The obvious and very sad conclusion is that Britain is a very racist country. And a really thick one as well... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik
After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨 The obvious and very sad conclusion is that Britain is a very racist country. And a really thick one as well... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Twelve months of fairness: prepare to feel festive?
Twelve months of fairness
Prepare to feel festive?
www.faircomment.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Twelve months of fairness: prepare to feel festive?
🙂 The Epstein files and photos are what's really going to do for Trump in the end... 📉 www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Democrats publish more photos from Jeffrey Epstein estate as House minority leader calls for full release of files – live
Latest batch includes photos of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson as top Democrat says ‘all we want is full transparency’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🙂 The Epstein files and photos are what's really going to do for Trump in the end... 📉 www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
🤔 How low does Starmer have to sink Labour until they get rid of him? Can't be long now, surely...?
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 30% (-1)
CON: 18% (-2)
GRN: 18% (=)
LAB: 14% (=)
LDM: 12% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 3 Dec.
RFM: 30% (-1)
CON: 18% (-2)
GRN: 18% (=)
LAB: 14% (=)
LDM: 12% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 3 Dec.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🤔 How low does Starmer have to sink Labour until they get rid of him? Can't be long now, surely...?
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"The rise in support isn’t just about polls. Polls measure opinion. What we’re seeing is something deeper, a shift in political culture itself." @zackpolanski.bsky.social in the New Statesman.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The rise in support isn’t just about polls. Polls measure opinion. What we’re seeing is something deeper, a shift in political culture itself." @zackpolanski.bsky.social in the New Statesman.
Real change is coming. Are you in? Join today ⤵️
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DEFENDING TRIAL BY JURY
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
Defending Trial by Jury
Justice Secretary, David Lammy, has announced plans to drastically reduce the use of jury trials in England and Wales.
www.openrightsgroup.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
DEFENDING TRIAL BY JURY
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
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Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.23 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.23)
✅ More #equal countries more robust and suffered far less during the COVID pandemic.
❌ USA performed worst. UK also fared very badly.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
✅ More #equal countries more robust and suffered far less during the COVID pandemic.
❌ USA performed worst. UK also fared very badly.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.23 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.22 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 1/2 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.22)
✅ More #equal countries do better in study of 21 developed countries over 30 years (by Torre & Myrskyla) 🔽
❌ Austerity has damaged UK.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
✅ More #equal countries do better in study of 21 developed countries over 30 years (by Torre & Myrskyla) 🔽
❌ Austerity has damaged UK.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.22 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 If you have a Labour MP, please email them to object to this inhumane hideousness 🔽. We've just emailed ours. Thank You!
🚨 Good grief. Starmer doubles down on being both wrong and immoral. He's got to go... www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 If you have a Labour MP, please email them to object to this inhumane hideousness 🔽. We've just emailed ours. Thank You!
🚨 WOT, NO WORKERS? Your occasional reminder 🔽 of the rank idiocy of the current hysteria surrounding the immigration and asylum debate in the UK and Europe... 🙄
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🚨 WOT, NO WORKERS? Your occasional reminder 🔽 of the rank idiocy of the current hysteria surrounding the immigration and asylum debate in the UK and Europe... 🙄
🤔 Is it possible that Trump lied to get elected...? www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain
Rising costs are crushing Americans — and they're running out of room to adjust.
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🤔 Is it possible that Trump lied to get elected...? www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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We've never had a better Big Give! Thanks to all of you, we smashed through our target with over 500 donations and £51,133 raised. Thank you! We're incredibly grateful to all of you for donating and sharing our message this Christmas 💖
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We've never had a better Big Give! Thanks to all of you, we smashed through our target with over 500 donations and £51,133 raised. Thank you! We're incredibly grateful to all of you for donating and sharing our message this Christmas 💖
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Many thanks. Very happy to get a mention but, please note, the graphs come from Profs Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson from their evidence base called 'The Spirit Level at 15' as published by the @equalitytrust.bsky.social 🔽 equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
The Spirit Level at 15 - Equality Trust
The Spirit Level changed the debate on inequality in 2009. 15 years on, Profs Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have expanded their work with new data.
equalitytrust.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Many thanks. Very happy to get a mention but, please note, the graphs come from Profs Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson from their evidence base called 'The Spirit Level at 15' as published by the @equalitytrust.bsky.social 🔽 equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
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We can no longer afford the rich.
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We can no longer afford the rich.
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This 0.001% is the driver of climate change, too
📢 We are firmly into the 'societal collapse' phase of inequality. Well done us... 🙄 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This 0.001% is the driver of climate change, too
🚨 Good grief. Starmer doubles down on being both wrong and immoral. He's got to go... www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 Good grief. Starmer doubles down on being both wrong and immoral. He's got to go... www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.21 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.21)
✅ More #equal countries have lower infant mortality rate.
❌ If UK had same rate as Finland, around 1,260 more infants would survive p/a.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
✅ More #equal countries have lower infant mortality rate.
❌ If UK had same rate as Finland, around 1,260 more infants would survive p/a.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.21 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 We are firmly into the 'societal collapse' phase of inequality. Well done us... 🙄 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📢 We are firmly into the 'societal collapse' phase of inequality. Well done us... 🙄 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
📢 FFS! In what universe would any govt consider doing this??? How low can this pathetic apology for a "Labour" govt go??? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections
Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
📢 FFS! In what universe would any govt consider doing this??? How low can this pathetic apology for a "Labour" govt go??? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
🤔 If even the eternal dimwit Badenoch can now see Brexit was a bad thing, maybe we really are on our way back to the EU, albeit very slowly...
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🤔 If even the eternal dimwit Badenoch can now see Brexit was a bad thing, maybe we really are on our way back to the EU, albeit very slowly...