The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025.
The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
Today I asked ministers to deny* that the number of jury acquittals in protest cases was a factor in the Government’s dangerous attack on jury trials.
*They did not do this
SAY IT WITH US. DEFEND JURY TRIALS Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Labour's attempt to remove our right to a jury trial in thousands of cases - including protest related offences - is a serious attack on our civil liberties.
That's why the Green MPs have tabled an amendment to reject it.
The Green Party says no to Labour's toolkit for tyrants.
Billionaires in the UK:
1990: 15
2025: 156
While our communities struggle to keep the heating on, they’ve increased their wealth tenfold.
Don't blame your neighbour for a crisis created by the top 1%.
taxjustice.uk/blog/scale-o...
Only 10 Labour MP's rebelled against the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
And they still wonder why @greenparty.org.uk are gaining members and momentum.
So we've had them push out the left.
Then alienate the centre left.
Then piss off the centrists.
Now they're busy alienating each other on the right in some elaborate game of chicken to see who dares go furthest?
'The Labour Party'. Dear God.
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican newspaper is the only publication in the Western world to run the photograph of 150 Iranian girls' graves — killed in President Trump's military strikes — on its front page.
#illegalwar #trumpmurderschildren
Image is a screenshot of a reasoned amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill. It is signed by Siân Berry, Hannah Spencer, Carla Denyer, Dr Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay. It reads: That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Courts and Tribunals Bill because it is an inadequate and dangerous response to the challenges faced by the courts; it does not provide the correct solutions to the chronic backlog of cases in the Crown Court; it would not address the long-term underfunding that has led to the degradation of court systems, infrastructure and buildings; it would limit the crucial civil liberty and constitutional protection of trial by a jury of one’s own peers by removing defendants’ right to elect the Crown Court for all triable either-way offences; this change would cover a range of protest-related offences, and because protest rights and free speech, which act as safeguards against authoritarianism, have already been eroded by this Government and should not be limited further; jury trials build public trust and confidence in the courts and act as a space of shared civic responsibility that builds social cohesion; more effective interventions could be implemented that do not roll back fundamental rights, including expanding the use of ‘blitz courts’, increasing the number of sitting days, removing from the system cases that are no longer in the public interest to prosecute, increasing investment in legal aid, improving court case management technology, and bringing in more efficient processes to ensure defendants are brought to court and to the dock on time; and removing rights to judgment by one’s own peers may have the unintended consequence of increasing court backlogs through a rise in appeals.
🚨We have tabled an amendment to reject the Government’s sinister attempt to remove jury trials including for many protest related offences.
Our civil liberties have already been eroded by this Govt and should not be limited any further.
Greens are standing up against Labour's toolkit for tyrants.
New MP Hannah Spencer was given a police escort after an anti-hate demonstration turned violent. The Green Party MP had made a speech at the Greater Together Manchester event on Sunday afternoon in Piccadilly Gardens.
I try very hard not to use the word Orwellian too much but it’s the best adjective for the mauling of language at the start of this BBC News report. “… an anti-hate demonstration that turned violent”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
📊 Ref lead of 7pts
Westminster voting intention
REF: 27% (-2)
CON: 20% (-)
LAB: 20% (-2)
GRN: 14% (+5)
LDEM: 12% (+1)
via @JLPartnersPolls, 02 - 05 Mar
Chgs. w/ 01 Dec
britainelects.com
Daily mail beware the green menace
Didn't expect Daily Mail to be doing free branding.
Lower bills, protect the NHS and fund public services.
Can imagine why Lord Rothermere isn't so keen....
Join.greenparty.org.uk
So concerned about ‘protecting women’ they intimidate women they disagree with. Bastards
There are three fantastic Green Party councillors on Liverpool city council.
A by-election in Aigburth this week represents a very real chance to get a fourth Green elected, Paul Ruddick.
If you are able to help, the links to sign up for volunteering are here:
actionnetwork.org/groups/liver...
New paper by Dr @rogercre.bsky.social & colleagues expose hidden risks in global food system.
Shows how food‑trade globalisation makes some regions more vulnerable to production shocks, plus their tool estimating how much countries must boost reserves of any food category to withstand 20% of shocks👇
Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰
Anti-Muslim bias found in half of UK media reports, socking new research finds
UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax.
Companies run up debts, declare bankruptcy, debts shed, new company formed with same management/owners ... rinsed and repeated.
HMRC loses £836m a year. Creditors, including SMEs, lose millions.
EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government is facing allegations of a 'cover-up' after it refused to release documents relating to Keir Starmer’s decision to give one of his close allies a seat in the House of Lords despite his known links to a convicted paedophile
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
RIGHTS. JUSTICE. ACTION FOR ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Today is International Women's Day.
The Green Party celebrates all the incredible women in the Green Party and beyond who are working every day to accelerate action for gender equality.
Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.
🚨 NEW | Seat estimate for London local elections:
🟢 Grn: 548 (+530)
🔵 Con: 481 (+77)
🔴 Lab: 415 (-741)
🟠 Lib: 252 (+72)
➡️ Ref: 132 (+132)
Greens would win a majority on 9 councils 👀
Source: Bombe data published in @Guardian
Starmer accused of gaslighting the public by claiming the UK isn't at war while US bombers use British soil to bomb Iran
Over 1000 civilians dead, and we're letting Trump use UK bases to further his war.
Britain should stand firm against Trump's illegal warmongering, and stop these bombers landing on UK soil.
Join the campaign to evict Trump's military from airports owned by the Scottish Government: greens.scot/TrumpsTroops...
Our pressure is working! The First Minister confirmed today that he is actively considering this proposal.
Shows that either the Greens or Lib Dems will win this by-election. Reform are not a threat.
No need to vote tactically in the Aigburth by-election. stopreformuk.vote/local/liverp... This one is going to be between the Greens and the Lib Dems. Our canvassing returns show this as well #aigburthbyelection
Westminster Voting Intention, sourced from Find Out Now between four March and six March, displays a bar chart of five political parties and their respective support levels. Reform UK is in the lead at twenty-seven percent, which is an increase of one percentage point since twenty-five February. The Green Party holds second place at twenty-one percent, representing an increase of three percentage points. The Conservative Party follows at seventeen percent, showing a decrease of one percentage point. The Labour Party stands at fifteen percent with no change in their standing since the previous poll. Finally, the Liberal Democrats are at ten percent, reflecting a decrease of two percentage points.
🚨 The Green Party keeps climbing! Zack Polanski's Greens are the challengers to Reform. 📈💚 Happy Friday!
LIVERPOOL - Aigburth By Election Thu 12 March.
Can you help get Green Party elected?
Leafleting Delivery: actionnetwork.org/events/aigbu...
Wednesday 11th of March, 11am - Eve of Poll:
actionnetwork.org/events/aigbu...
Cont'd 👇
What goes on in UK airspace is for Westminster.
Who gets to land at Prestwick is ultimately up to its owner, the Scottish Government. As shown previously by the ban on the Israeli military.
So why were 100s of US military aircraft allowed to use the airport in the last year?
The times they are a changing…
Bit of a cliche, but canvassing for #aigburthbyelection we are continuing to exceed our best expectations before the campaign. Door knocking people who joined in last week after #gortonanddenton who we don’t even have down as voters yet. Posters being accepted & Paul Ruddick is great on the doorstep
