Harry Bignell (she/her)
@hbignell.bsky.social
💚 Davos Publication and Project Manager @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
✍️ Comms consultant @policystrategy.bsky.social
✊ Unite Member
Views are my own (probably)
✍️ Comms consultant @policystrategy.bsky.social
✊ Unite Member
Views are my own (probably)
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Billionaire Wealth Surged By $2 Trillion Last Year, Report Shows
Oxfam's latest report shows billionaire wealth surged by $2 trillion in 2024, with new billionaires minted daily. Discover how wealth inequality is widening globally.
www.forbes.com
2024 was a bumper year for billionaires, whose wealth surged three times faster than in 2023 – and as if last year’s prediction of 1 trillionaire wasn't bad enough, how about the fact that we're on course for 5 trillionaires within the next decade? #TakersNotMakers www.forbes.com/sites/josiec... 🧵1/
“This howling wind was seemingly coming from the centre of the earth. At that point I honestly thought that it was the end of us. Typhoon Haiyan made me realise that what was happening to us wasn’t just a natural disaster – it was the result of global injustice.” What is at stake this #COP30 👇
New episode is out: From Haiyan to #COP30
Marinel Ubaldo survived the super typhoon at 16. In this episode she speaks about living through Haiyan, the human-rights case challenging big polluters, & the leadership the world needs at COP30.
🎧 Listen now: www.equals.ink/p/from-haiya...
Marinel Ubaldo survived the super typhoon at 16. In this episode she speaks about living through Haiyan, the human-rights case challenging big polluters, & the leadership the world needs at COP30.
🎧 Listen now: www.equals.ink/p/from-haiya...
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
“This howling wind was seemingly coming from the centre of the earth. At that point I honestly thought that it was the end of us. Typhoon Haiyan made me realise that what was happening to us wasn’t just a natural disaster – it was the result of global injustice.” What is at stake this #COP30 👇
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Democracy is under siege and billionaires are pulling the strings.
We talk with @ituc.bsky.social's Luc Triangle about the fight against inequality & the threat of this ‘billionaire coup.’
𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒗𝒔. 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑 out now. Listen: www.equals.ink/p/workers-vs...
We talk with @ituc.bsky.social's Luc Triangle about the fight against inequality & the threat of this ‘billionaire coup.’
𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒗𝒔. 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑 out now. Listen: www.equals.ink/p/workers-vs...
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Democracy is under siege and billionaires are pulling the strings.
We talk with @ituc.bsky.social's Luc Triangle about the fight against inequality & the threat of this ‘billionaire coup.’
𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒗𝒔. 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑 out now. Listen: www.equals.ink/p/workers-vs...
We talk with @ituc.bsky.social's Luc Triangle about the fight against inequality & the threat of this ‘billionaire coup.’
𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒗𝒔. 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑 out now. Listen: www.equals.ink/p/workers-vs...
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"We shouldn't be pitting the poorest against the poorest.
The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500bn, the same wealth as half of Britain, why aren't we taxing the top 1%? This would raise £25bn!"
@unitesharon.bsky.social
#WealthTax
The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500bn, the same wealth as half of Britain, why aren't we taxing the top 1%? This would raise £25bn!"
@unitesharon.bsky.social
#WealthTax
March 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"We shouldn't be pitting the poorest against the poorest.
The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500bn, the same wealth as half of Britain, why aren't we taxing the top 1%? This would raise £25bn!"
@unitesharon.bsky.social
#WealthTax
The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500bn, the same wealth as half of Britain, why aren't we taxing the top 1%? This would raise £25bn!"
@unitesharon.bsky.social
#WealthTax
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We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
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We shouldn't be pitting the poorest against the poorest. The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500bn, the same wealth as half of Britain, why aren't we taxing the top 1%? It would raise £25bn. ⤵️
March 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We shouldn't be pitting the poorest against the poorest. The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500bn, the same wealth as half of Britain, why aren't we taxing the top 1%? It would raise £25bn. ⤵️
Defense spending through aid cuts has become the depressing answer to Trump's question: "How are you going to defend yourselves if I stop the US protecting you?" Brilliant, nuanced analysis from @oxfamgb.bsky.social Katy Chakrabortty on UK ODA cuts and how we got here blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Anatomy of a Fall: What the Rise and Fall of the UK Aid Budget tells us about Making Change Happen - Activism Influence and Change
UK aid advocacy veteran Katy Chakrabortty unpacks the implosion of UK aid, and the lessons for activists Snapshot 1: It’s a grey morning late in the winter of 2013. I am on the grass square outside the UK Houses of Parliament in an ill-fitting suit and wearing a plastic mask giving me the face of
blogs.lse.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Defense spending through aid cuts has become the depressing answer to Trump's question: "How are you going to defend yourselves if I stop the US protecting you?" Brilliant, nuanced analysis from @oxfamgb.bsky.social Katy Chakrabortty on UK ODA cuts and how we got here blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Spent the weekend walking in the Cotswolds and got to try out my new camera. Same subjects, better quality.
March 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Spent the weekend walking in the Cotswolds and got to try out my new camera. Same subjects, better quality.
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'Balancing the books' on the backs of poor and disabled people was wrong when the Tories did it, and it would be wrong now.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
March 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
'Balancing the books' on the backs of poor and disabled people was wrong when the Tories did it, and it would be wrong now.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
“It is morally bankrupt to make people living in poverty at home or around the world pay the greatest price for Government spending decisions...when the extreme wealth of the UK’s super rich is skyrocketing but goes untouched.” @oxfamgb.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves warned of 'moral bankruptcy' as she prepares cuts
The Chancellor is under fire from Jeremy Corbyn and charities warn against pushing people deeper into poverty with cuts to benefits and foreign aid
www.express.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“It is morally bankrupt to make people living in poverty at home or around the world pay the greatest price for Government spending decisions...when the extreme wealth of the UK’s super rich is skyrocketing but goes untouched.” @oxfamgb.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
March 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
Pouting, shouting at someone and declaring them "not very nice" whilst you tell them to give up their people's sovereignty, land and freedom is about as dystopian as it gets. US politics feels akin to watching a capricious small child swinging around a wrecking ball at present.
March 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Pouting, shouting at someone and declaring them "not very nice" whilst you tell them to give up their people's sovereignty, land and freedom is about as dystopian as it gets. US politics feels akin to watching a capricious small child swinging around a wrecking ball at present.
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I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
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It's been obvious since January 6 that he was an enemy of the USA, the UK & the whole of the free world. Everybody still in his camp understands this as completely as everybody against it. They just prioritise personal interest over the national & international. And they know it. They all know it.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's been obvious since January 6 that he was an enemy of the USA, the UK & the whole of the free world. Everybody still in his camp understands this as completely as everybody against it. They just prioritise personal interest over the national & international. And they know it. They all know it.
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"Missiles before medicine" - Our CEO @halimabegum.bsky.social on the British government cutting the international aid budget to fund defence spending.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Starmer is putting missiles before medicine and it won't serve UK's interests'
Writing for The Mirror, Dr Halima Begum, chief executive of Oxfam UK, said that compassion has gone out the window - while international aid helps the UK's self-interest
www.mirror.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Missiles before medicine" - Our CEO @halimabegum.bsky.social on the British government cutting the international aid budget to fund defence spending.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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"This is for me, one of the most cynical and crass decisions I've seen the Prime Minister make for a very long time."
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social on @cnnipr.bsky.social this morning discussing this government's cuts to foreign aid ⤵️
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social on @cnnipr.bsky.social this morning discussing this government's cuts to foreign aid ⤵️
February 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"This is for me, one of the most cynical and crass decisions I've seen the Prime Minister make for a very long time."
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social on @cnnipr.bsky.social this morning discussing this government's cuts to foreign aid ⤵️
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social on @cnnipr.bsky.social this morning discussing this government's cuts to foreign aid ⤵️
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The government has announced it will pay for more weapons and bombs by cutting support for the world's poorest people.
A deplorable decision that will only create a more unstable and unequal world.
What is the government doing to bring about peace?
A deplorable decision that will only create a more unstable and unequal world.
What is the government doing to bring about peace?
February 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The government has announced it will pay for more weapons and bombs by cutting support for the world's poorest people.
A deplorable decision that will only create a more unstable and unequal world.
What is the government doing to bring about peace?
A deplorable decision that will only create a more unstable and unequal world.
What is the government doing to bring about peace?
This is as bleak as it is unsurprising from a govt that continues to seek to appease the right-wing who never voted for them in the first place. Labour will never beat them at their own game at it is beyond disappointing to see it trying to. An immoral, illogical move that will cost countless lives.
Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources
Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources
Exclusive: PM expected to confirm boost in military spending to at least 2.5% of GDP by 2030
* UK politics live – latest updates
Keir Starmer is planning drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a boost to defence spending,…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is as bleak as it is unsurprising from a govt that continues to seek to appease the right-wing who never voted for them in the first place. Labour will never beat them at their own game at it is beyond disappointing to see it trying to. An immoral, illogical move that will cost countless lives.
Watch RSC's #Kyoto last week. Seamlessly acted - what could have been a dry and inaccessible piece on climate bureaucracy, was actually an exciting and infuriating depiction of the insidious hold the oil lobby and its apologists have (then & now) on global climate negotiations www.rsc.org.uk/kyoto/
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We create exceptional theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, London and around the world, performing plays by Shakespeare, his contemporaries and today's playwrights.
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February 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Watch RSC's #Kyoto last week. Seamlessly acted - what could have been a dry and inaccessible piece on climate bureaucracy, was actually an exciting and infuriating depiction of the insidious hold the oil lobby and its apologists have (then & now) on global climate negotiations www.rsc.org.uk/kyoto/
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“More billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism” – Anjela Taneja and @hbignell.bsky.social on Oxfam’s 2025 global inequalities report and the scale of unearned wealth #LSEInequalitiesBlog
The wealth of the new trillionaire class will not be built on merit
The world looks set to see five trillionaires by the end of the decade — and more billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism. Anjela Taneja and Harry Bignell int…
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February 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“More billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism” – Anjela Taneja and @hbignell.bsky.social on Oxfam’s 2025 global inequalities report and the scale of unearned wealth #LSEInequalitiesBlog
"Govts in the global south must come to the realization that the prosperity of their people lies not in the hands of the US White House, but in their own agency, development and self-reliance." Call no Govts to react to USAID cuts by investing in local health systems www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US aid cuts are an opportunity to reimagine global health
The global south should become self-reliant by investing in health.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Govts in the global south must come to the realization that the prosperity of their people lies not in the hands of the US White House, but in their own agency, development and self-reliance." Call no Govts to react to USAID cuts by investing in local health systems www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“The world looks set to see five trillionaires by the end of the decade” – Oxfam’s Anjela Taneja and @hbignell.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
The wealth of the new trillionaire class will not be built on merit
The world looks set to see five trillionaires by the end of the decade — and more billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism. Anjela Taneja and Harry Bignell int…
buff.ly
February 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“The world looks set to see five trillionaires by the end of the decade” – Oxfam’s Anjela Taneja and @hbignell.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
Grateful to recharge in Devon for a week after a busy time. Back at it now 🙌
February 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Grateful to recharge in Devon for a week after a busy time. Back at it now 🙌
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Nazi salutes in week one.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Nazi salutes in week one.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
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Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
"What President Trump proposes is nonsense, it's unlawful"
"People talk of ethnic cleansing, no, this is worse"
"He's inciting to commit forced displacement which is an international clime"
"What President Trump proposes is nonsense, it's unlawful"
"People talk of ethnic cleansing, no, this is worse"
"He's inciting to commit forced displacement which is an international clime"
February 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
"What President Trump proposes is nonsense, it's unlawful"
"People talk of ethnic cleansing, no, this is worse"
"He's inciting to commit forced displacement which is an international clime"
"What President Trump proposes is nonsense, it's unlawful"
"People talk of ethnic cleansing, no, this is worse"
"He's inciting to commit forced displacement which is an international clime"
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people