Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Britain’s big four banks are on track for a record-breaking year, buoyed by high interest rates. Now their lobbyists are out in force, warning the government not to tax them more, so they can continue to give huge bonus packages and payouts to shareholders. 124
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In total, Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne have donated £83 million to Reform UK in 2026. That is three-quarters of all political donations reported so far this year. Should the government step in to save our democracy? 011
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Two crypto-billionaires, Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, have both announced £36 million donations to Reform UK this week. When billionaires are buying our democracy, is it time to cap political donations from the super-rich? 112
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The median FTSE 100 CEO earns over £5 million a year. That’s 130 times more than the average UK worker, and a £1 million pay rise in the last 3 years alone. When so many people are struggling to pay the bills, is it right that fat cat CEOs are cashing in? 131
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026A tiny 2% annual wealth tax could raise over £5bn a year from the top 15 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone. That could cut household energy bills by an average of £150 a year using @jrf-uk.bsky.social's Rising Block Tariff proposal. So why isn't the government doing it now? 12820
Reposted by Clifford SingerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Where’s the fury about rightwing antisemitism? The newspapers that call out leftwing antisemitism publish antisemitic cartoons and champion politicians with a record of antisemitic statements. So who is holding *them* to account? This week’s column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comNo one should get a free pass on antisemitism – so why does the right?There is legitimate scrutiny of antisemitism on the left, but at the same time, rightwing media outlets offend with impunity. That makes no sense, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1512775923
Reposted by Clifford SingerRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The “Blue Labour” strategy still being promoted by some on Labour right is premised on being able to win social conservatives while holding on to social liberals. Failure state for this strategy is failing to win social cons while alienating social liberals. Here is a map of that failure state: 47778297
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Jemma Forte on why billionaires and big corporations should pay more tax 👏 #TaxTheSuperRich @jemmaforte.bsky.social 011
Clifford Singer @cliffordsinger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The Israeli Death Penalty Law is a moral disgrace.Sign this letter and join me and 500 UK Jews in standing up to Israeli apartheid: forms.gle/gKCLLFvH9d2c...forms.gleOpen Letter to UK Jewish institutions.We are Jews in the UK writing to express our disgust at the Death Penalty Law recently voted for adoption by the Israeli Knesset. We call on UK Jewish institutions to stop betraying the values they sa... 000
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Big oil companies are set to make huge profits because of the Iran war. We should tax those excess profits and use the money to cut energy bills, which are set to soar. 234
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Reform UK's Deputy Leader Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax on multi-million pound profits between 2018-2021 after obtaining a rare legal status for his company. In 2025 he donated over £600,000 to Reform UK. Less money for public services, and more for Reform UK? 195
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan on huge donations by the super-rich to UK political parties and the need for a cap on political donations 👏 @petergeoghegan.bsky.social 25826
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026A crypto-billionaire based in Thailand donated £12 million to Reform last year, making him the top individual donor to a British political party in 2025. Check out our full Top 10 list of the biggest individual donors to UK political parties here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1... 043
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026UPDATE: Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated £12 million to Reform in 2025, making him the biggest individual donor to a British political party last year. Our full list of the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025, is here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1... 187
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Broadcaster Phil Jones calls for the super-rich and banks to pay more tax in order to fund affordable housing and our NHS 161
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Should we follow the US and other states by taxing according to nationality, not residency, to make sure Dubai tax exiles pay their taxes? 022
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The big 4 banks made £45.7 billion in profits in 2025. Imposing a similar windfall tax to oil and gas companies on the UK income of HSBC, Barclays, Natwest and Lloyds would raise billions to invest in the NHS. 232
Reposted by Clifford SingerCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Are you angry watching #DirtyBusiness on Channel 4? You should know what Thames Water is doing RIGHT NOW Its creditors want permission to pollute illegally until 2040 ⁉️ 24 Thames Water MPs have written to tell the Minister and @ofwat.bsky.social to say NO 👇👇👇 weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...weownit.org.ukIs your MP OK with illegal pollution until 2040?Thames Water’s creditors are currently scrambling to take control of the utility. 18676
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 20/02/2026CEO of Barclays CS Venkatakrishnan was paid £15 million in 2025, up from the £11.6 million he earned in 2024. When so many of us are struggling to pay the bills, should the bosses of big British banks be getting multi-million pound pay rises? 111
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Gary Lineker calls out the hypocrisy of billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who lives in Monaco, for his comments saying that the UK has been ‘colonised’ by immigrants. 011
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Why are 8 out of the UK’s 10 richest people missing from The Sunday Times Tax List? When they are worth tens of billions of pounds, surely they should be on the list of the country’s biggest taxpayers? #TaxTheSuperRich 1129
Reposted by Clifford SingerPaul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 02/02/2026As I keep saying, the Epstein scandal is a scandal of pathological wealth inequality and the power it gives to certain people and interests. Wealth inequality has more deeply entrenched since 2011. Don't think for a second this isn't happening in some shape or form today. 011
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 06/01/2026By midday today the average FTSE 100 CEO has already made more money than the average worker in the UK earns all year, according to analysis from @highpaycentre.bsky.social. When so many of us are struggling to pay the bills, is it right that fat cat CEOs are raking it in? #FatCatTuesday 1812
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Jonathan Ross calls out tax avoidance by the super-rich 👏 084
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Christopher Harborne, a billionaire based in Thailand, has donated £9 million to Reform UK, and jumped to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025. Check out our updated Top 10 list here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1... 032
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 09/12/2025UPDATE: Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency investor who lives in Thailand, jumps to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025, after donating £9m to Reform in Q3 of the year. These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties. 156
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025The NHS will pay £3 billion more a year for life-saving medicines from giant American pharmaceutical companies, because of a new UK-US trade deal. When big US drug companies are already making billions in profit, is it right that the NHS should pay them more money? #NHS 121
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Almost a third of your water bill pays for dividends for shareholders, and for private water companies to pay off their debt, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget 265
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Energy bills are set to rise again in January, Ofgem announced today. Private energy companies take 24.2% of the average energy bill as profit, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social. Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down energy bills in this Budget? 132
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Former City trader Gary Stevenson calls for the public to demand reduced inequality and a fairer taxation system from their politicians. #TaxTheSuperRich @garyseconomics.bsky.social 044
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 18/11/2025A senior nurse on a £40,000 salary pays more tax than someone who makes the same from selling shares. Why is income from share taxed less than income from work? 134
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Rachel Reeves is ditching plans to introduce an exit tax on wealthy people who leave the UK, according to reports today. But when every other G7 country, apart from Italy, has an exit tax, why doesn’t the UK? #TaxTheSuperRich 061
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Phil White from @patmillsuk.bsky.social calls for wealth taxes on the super-rich and calls out the arguments against. #TaxTheSuperRich 031
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Banks have made these huge profits by hiking mortgages and loans while paying measly interest on our savings. 011
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Big 4 bank profits have soared to more than £35bn so far this year. Why won’t Rachel Reeves raise taxes on the banks? 123
Clifford Singer @cliffordsinger.bsky.social · 04/11/2025So sharp! Struck by his answer to ‘a reason conservatives are welcome in your coalition?’ I'd expected usual stuff about being open to everyone, but he said ‘they also have to pay rent’. Great eg of pushing material interests that @jemgilbert.bsky.social @profafinlayson.bsky.social have talked about 020
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Frankie Boyle on the banks 🔥 042
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Since the start of the year, the big 4 banks have made £32bn from interest and bank fees in the UK - paid by you. A 38% tax on UK net income as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social would have raised £11bn so far this year. 021
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The big 4 banks have made £35.1bn in profits so far this year. Imposing a similar windfall tax to oil and gas companies on their UK income would raise billions to invest in the NHS. 111
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025HSBC boss Georges Elhedery already earns £10.5 million a year. But HSBC are raising his pay to £15 million a year. If HSBC can afford these excessive wages for their CEO, surely they can afford to pay a windfall tax? 021
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025NEW: HSBC have made £17.3 billion in profit so far this year, according to latest figures released today. But their CEO has warned the government not to introduce a new windfall tax on the banks. When HSBC are making such big profits, why can't they pay a windfall tax? 132
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Lloyds Bank have made £4.7 billion in profit so far this year, according to figures released yesterday. Yet their CEO claims they can’t afford to pay more tax. A windfall tax on the Big 4 banks - as proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social - could raise billions for our public services. 045
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 24/10/2025NEW: NatWest have made £5.8 billion in profit so far this year, according to latest figures released today. But their CEO has warned the government not to introduce a new windfall tax on the banks. When they're making such big profits, why can't NatWest pay a windfall tax? 221
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Dave Fishwick from ‘Bank of Dave’ slams huge banker bonuses while the poorest in the UK are forced to use food banks 🤯 042
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan was paid £10.5 million last year. But in September he told The Financial Times that the government needs to curb public sector pay rises. When so many of us are struggling to pay our bills, maybe Fat Cat CEOs should take a pay cut instead? 042
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Barclays have made £7.3bn in profit so far this year, according to figures released today. Their CEO thinks higher taxation on banks is 'facile and fallacious logic'. But a windfall tax on the Big 4 UK banks, proposed by @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social, could raise billions to invest in public services 22318
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025These are the Top 10 individual donors to political parties in 2025 so far. The list includes a billionaire based in Monaco, a luxury property developer, an aristocrat, a Swiss banker, an MP and a Lord. Check out the full Top 10 here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1... 011
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025 so far includes billionaires based in Monaco, Swiss bankers, aristocrats, and even MPs and Lords. These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties. 131
Reposted by Clifford SingerPaul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Simple thread / presentation here of a recent piece of campaign framing and messaging project I worked on with @cliffordsinger.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Clifford SingerShare The Wealth @sharethewealthuk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Former City trader Gary Stevenson on the influence of the super-rich over our politicians #TaxTheSuperRich @garyseconomics.bsky.social 03113