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There are times in which it feels as if we are running two worlds in parallel. Billionaires have seen their fortunes hit record highs during the pandemic, seeing their wealth climb by 27%. Meanwhile, living standards have plunged for some of the UKs poorest families. Research by Save the Children shows those already struggling are financially even worse off since lockdown: 60% have had to cut down on meals, and more than a third have turned to charity for food and clothes.It is a longstanding feature of a rigged system: while the poorest suffer in a crisis, the wealthiest profit from it. This was h
stanley termohrnek ighlighted in the aftermath of the financial crash, and is all the more relevant as coronavirus spreads. And yet the truth of inequality in the UK does
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gourde stanley ers felt that billionaires shouldnt exist alongside foodbanks, just 52% of the public as a whole agreed. Its not that people dont support higher taxes on wealth 鈥?they overwhelmingly do, and this has only increased during the pandemic 鈥?but that many feel alienated by divisive anti-wealth language and see the accumulation of money as a moral positive in providing security.This may not sit comfortably with some of us, but its only in understanding how people view inequality that we can hope to address it. A researcher recently recounted an anecdote to me about a focus group in a Labour seat that turned Tory in the 2019 electio Vpcz Listening to Muslim women on sharia divorce could change it for the better
It s absolutely outrageous. First they start taxing us at 50% and now they take away our child benefit. I mean, how do they expect us to survive when we were only just making ends meet as it was I think they call it th
stanley tumblers e squeezed middle, said TheCreep. You can hardly call it the middle when you re earning two hundred grand a year, said TheBusker with a chuckle. It s not what you bring in that matters b
stanleys cups ut what you re left with after expenses, said OldSmoothie. When you re maintaining a fleet that includes HMS HerIndoors and HMS SchoolFees the reality is that you end up with less money in your pocket than even the poorest manual worker. There was an embarrassed silence as even OldSmoothie himself realised that he had gone too far and tried to change the subject with a cringeworthy dig at UpTights, Well, however stretched everything gets, it ll never compete with that face of yours UpTights. You re pathetic, she replied. You know, there s only one squeezed middle around here, OldSmoothie and that s attached to your waist. BabyBarista is a fictional account of a junior barrister practising at the English Bar, written by barrister and writer Tim Kevan. For more information and to read posts from the last few years visit babybarista. Cartoons by Alex Will
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