ProfRGWilkinson
@profrgwilkinson.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof of Social Epidemiology. Research on effects of income inequalities. Most recent books: The Spirit Level (2010) and The Inner Level (2018). Poverty and Progress (1973) recently reprinted.
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📢 THANK YOU for your support this year ♥️ Below is a reminder of the gross #inequality that ruins the UK every day. Figures are based on the High Pay Centre’s findings that, in 2024/25, the AVERAGE FTSE 100 CEO gouged a “salary” of £4,580,000. Divide by 365 and you get a daily pay out of £12,548 🤮🤮🤮
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢 THANK YOU for your support this year ♥️ Below is a reminder of the gross #inequality that ruins the UK every day. Figures are based on the High Pay Centre’s findings that, in 2024/25, the AVERAGE FTSE 100 CEO gouged a “salary” of £4,580,000. Divide by 365 and you get a daily pay out of £12,548 🤮🤮🤮
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice!
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice!
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
NHS dentistry is a mess: rising costs and appointments few and far between. We can’t go on like this - the Government must properly fund our dental care. Will you join me and sign the 38 Degrees petition to pile on the pressure? 38d.gs/supf
Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
38d.gs
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
NHS dentistry is a mess: rising costs and appointments few and far between. We can’t go on like this - the Government must properly fund our dental care. Will you join me and sign the 38 Degrees petition to pile on the pressure? 38d.gs/supf
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In November's Budget, the Chancellor can reform taxes on wealth to achieve three wins - raising revenue, tackling inequality and boosting growth. Find out more at fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win
Win-Win-Win
Taxing wealth for fairness, revenue and growth
fairnessfoundation.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
In November's Budget, the Chancellor can reform taxes on wealth to achieve three wins - raising revenue, tackling inequality and boosting growth. Find out more at fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win
Please, please watch and repost this - the reality of the appaullingly misnamed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its role in Israel's brutal poicy. Everyone must recognise this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ID...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ID...
GHF Contractor Tells All On Genocidal Israeli 'Aid' Plan (w/ Tony Aguilar) | The Chris Hedges Report
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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September 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Please, please watch and repost this - the reality of the appaullingly misnamed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its role in Israel's brutal poicy. Everyone must recognise this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ID...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ID...
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Owen Jones calls for Corbyn-Sultana and Green Party alliance www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Owen Jones just called for Corbyn-Sultana party to join forces with the Greens
Owen Jones and We Deserve Better start campaign for left-wing electoral alliance after launch of Corbyn-Sultana party
www.thecanary.co
July 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Owen Jones calls for Corbyn-Sultana and Green Party alliance www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
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How do we promote human #wellbeing while also safeguarding our planet?
To achieve both, we must drastically reduce #inequality, writes @profkepickett.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social on @lseinequalities.bsky.social.
Put simply, we cannot afford the consumption patterns of the #SuperRich.
To achieve both, we must drastically reduce #inequality, writes @profkepickett.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social on @lseinequalities.bsky.social.
Put simply, we cannot afford the consumption patterns of the #SuperRich.
Uneven Ground: Inequality and Planetary Health
Can we afford the consumption patterns of the super-rich? Or does human and planetary wellbeing require us to drastically reduce inequality?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How do we promote human #wellbeing while also safeguarding our planet?
To achieve both, we must drastically reduce #inequality, writes @profkepickett.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social on @lseinequalities.bsky.social.
Put simply, we cannot afford the consumption patterns of the #SuperRich.
To achieve both, we must drastically reduce #inequality, writes @profkepickett.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social on @lseinequalities.bsky.social.
Put simply, we cannot afford the consumption patterns of the #SuperRich.
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Reinstate the Four Suspended Labour MPs
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement and a better future for Labour:
actionnetwork.org
July 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
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BREAKING: New polling from @yougov.co.uk shows 75% of Brits support taxing extreme wealth.
But today Keir Starmer once again brushed off calls for higher taxes on the super-rich.
When will the PM stop siding with billionaires and listen to the British public instead? 350.org/tax-their-bi...
But today Keir Starmer once again brushed off calls for higher taxes on the super-rich.
When will the PM stop siding with billionaires and listen to the British public instead? 350.org/tax-their-bi...
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BREAKING: New polling from @yougov.co.uk shows 75% of Brits support taxing extreme wealth.
But today Keir Starmer once again brushed off calls for higher taxes on the super-rich.
When will the PM stop siding with billionaires and listen to the British public instead? 350.org/tax-their-bi...
But today Keir Starmer once again brushed off calls for higher taxes on the super-rich.
When will the PM stop siding with billionaires and listen to the British public instead? 350.org/tax-their-bi...
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They're doing this because they're scared.
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
They're doing this because they're scared.
Roberto De Vogli has written a very good book: Managing and preventing pandemics: lessons from COVID-19. It reviews the successes and failures of different countries in responding to COVID. Well reviewed in The Lancet
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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world's economy to its knees, strained the social
fabric of society, and killed millions. In Managing and preventing pandemics: lessons
from COVID-19, author Roberto ...
www.thelancet.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Roberto De Vogli has written a very good book: Managing and preventing pandemics: lessons from COVID-19. It reviews the successes and failures of different countries in responding to COVID. Well reviewed in The Lancet
www.thelancet.com/callback?red...
www.thelancet.com/callback?red...
Petition the Speaker to block Trump from addressing Parliament during his unprecedented second State Visit. Join me actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
Sign the Petition
Keep Trump out of Parliament
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March 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Petition the Speaker to block Trump from addressing Parliament during his unprecedented second State Visit. Join me actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
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This assault alters 80 years of post-WWII diplomacy and alliances. And for what? To ally with the murderous Putin? To turn America, once a democratic beacon to the world, into a pariah state, an outcast among democratic nations and decent people everywhere?
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...
Can America Ever Overcome the Shame of Trump?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
March 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This assault alters 80 years of post-WWII diplomacy and alliances. And for what? To ally with the murderous Putin? To turn America, once a democratic beacon to the world, into a pariah state, an outcast among democratic nations and decent people everywhere?
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...
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More than 100.000 people in Germany 🇩🇪 in the streets today, like here in Berlin, protesting the rise of far right politics, like the AfD nazi party promoted by Elon Musk.
January 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More than 100.000 people in Germany 🇩🇪 in the streets today, like here in Berlin, protesting the rise of far right politics, like the AfD nazi party promoted by Elon Musk.
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MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
'Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.'
leftfootforward.org
January 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
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So why didn't the world act? This BBC documentary thriller explains the key reason. Well worth watching! youtu.be/I32R6Yx9PTI?...
Big Oil v the World 1 - Denial
YouTube video by PERFECTLY NORMAL
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January 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
So why didn't the world act? This BBC documentary thriller explains the key reason. Well worth watching! youtu.be/I32R6Yx9PTI?...
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111,000 Britons a year die in poverty.
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including 110,000 pensioners.
Govts cut real wages/benefits; underinvest in healthcare, won't curb corporate profiteering.
Govts serve the rich/corporations, others pay with their lives.
www.mariecurie.org.uk/globalassets...
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including 110,000 pensioners.
Govts cut real wages/benefits; underinvest in healthcare, won't curb corporate profiteering.
Govts serve the rich/corporations, others pay with their lives.
www.mariecurie.org.uk/globalassets...
www.mariecurie.org.uk
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
111,000 Britons a year die in poverty.
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including 110,000 pensioners.
Govts cut real wages/benefits; underinvest in healthcare, won't curb corporate profiteering.
Govts serve the rich/corporations, others pay with their lives.
www.mariecurie.org.uk/globalassets...
128,000 died in fuel poverty, including 110,000 pensioners.
Govts cut real wages/benefits; underinvest in healthcare, won't curb corporate profiteering.
Govts serve the rich/corporations, others pay with their lives.
www.mariecurie.org.uk/globalassets...
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16m Britons live in poverty.
Yet Labour govt is following Tory income tax policies - income tax personal allowance frozen.
Effect of freeze:
2021-22: some 31m people paid income tax.
2028-29: 40m+ to pay income tax.
Labour must abandon Tory policies.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/labo...
Yet Labour govt is following Tory income tax policies - income tax personal allowance frozen.
Effect of freeze:
2021-22: some 31m people paid income tax.
2028-29: 40m+ to pay income tax.
Labour must abandon Tory policies.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/labo...
Labour’s drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term prime minister
The government's honeymoon has been short lived.
leftfootforward.org
December 27, 2024 at 1:29 PM
16m Britons live in poverty.
Yet Labour govt is following Tory income tax policies - income tax personal allowance frozen.
Effect of freeze:
2021-22: some 31m people paid income tax.
2028-29: 40m+ to pay income tax.
Labour must abandon Tory policies.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/labo...
Yet Labour govt is following Tory income tax policies - income tax personal allowance frozen.
Effect of freeze:
2021-22: some 31m people paid income tax.
2028-29: 40m+ to pay income tax.
Labour must abandon Tory policies.
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/labo...