The richest one per cent of the UK population now owns more than 20 times the total wealth of the poorest fifth

wewerewerewolvesonce · 2016-09-13T12:33:54.347Z

Starts playing rule Britannia

Richest 1% in UK own 20 times more total wealth than the poorest fifth

The richest one per cent of the UK population now owns more than 20 times the total wealth of the poorest fifth, making the country one of the most unequal in the developed world, according to analysis by Oxfam. The figures suggest that around...

anon5266188 · 2016-09-13T12:34:11.676Z

Good on em!

ttf · 2016-09-13T12:35:47.063Z

Trickle up

recrwplay · 2016-09-13T12:37:38.812Z

idle dole scum, obv.

wewerewerewolvesonce · 2016-09-13T12:38:09.427Z

Someone actually tried to make that point in the comments, hilarity ensued.

recrwplay · 2016-09-13T12:41:58.966Z

Exactly how hard do they imagine the wealthiest work? How many thousands of hours a week must they be doing?

noise_ramones · 2016-09-13T12:42:16.230Z

thanks obama

Steved · 2016-09-13T12:42:28.957Z

Dreadful though that is, that’s an incredibly oddly constructed statistic. Things like 20x and bottom fifth make it feel like they’ve just tweaked the margins until they’ve ended up with the most damning sounding number they can.

hip_young_gunslinger · 2016-09-13T12:45:02.589Z

Surely not!

wewerewerewolvesonce · 2016-09-13T12:45:51.768Z

It is a bit strange isn’t it? not sure why they wouldn’t just use 1 percent -> 20%

recrwplay · 2016-09-13T13:13:36.945Z

Farage is the common man? No wonder life isn’t better.

recrwplay · 2016-09-13T13:17:14.644Z

But I believe they were sticking two fingers up at Farage. Perhaps I’m getting my flotillas confused.

ericthefourth · 2016-09-13T13:39:46.049Z

such aspiration

japes · 2016-09-13T13:42:53.746Z

I’d probably just waste it tbf