Left-wing drum beaters Jeremy Corbyn and Mick Lynch are set to descend on London today to preach against economic injustice despite reportedly being worth millions themselves.
The pair, along with a host of other speakers, will be appearing at the War on Want event today at the Friends House, Euston Road, dubbed “And Still We Rise”.
The ‘sold out’ ticketed gathering has the strap line: “From climate breakdown to soaring inequality, we are living in an age of crisis. The only answer is justice.”
Climate change poster girl Greta Thunberg, 21, had also been due to speak, but organisers announced on their social media account on Thursday that she would no longer be attending.
But despite the forum discussing economic injustice, the incredible net worth of two of its most prized speakers has now been laid bare.
Long-serving MP Jeremy Corbyn, who has been representing North Islington since 1983, has had his own net worth estimated at around £3million, according to Spears Magazine, and his considerable salary from Parliament would start at a basic of £86,584.
However, during his time as Leader of the Opposition Mr Corbyn was reportedly earning £143,000 a year.
Unionist tub-thumper Mick Lynch, secretary-general of the RMT, earned around £120,000 a year in 2022, according to the Daily Mail, with the paper also saying he lived in a £1m home.
Mr Lynch continues to oversee strike action by rail workers that has left ordinary working people struggling to use the train transport network with confidence for more than two years.
Both Mr Corbyn and Mr Lynch have been speakers at pro-Palestine rallies supporting Gaza, which have seen huge crowds gather in central London since late last year.
Gaza-based terror group Hamas committed atrocities and murdered civilians on October 7 last year triggering a war with Israel that is still raging.
As the speakers gather today, a Government adviser has recommended police should have the powers to “disperse” protests around Parliament, MPs’ offices and council chambers that they deem to be threatening.
Baron Walney, the Government’s adviser on political violence and disruption, said the “aggressive intimidation of MPs” by “mobs” was being “mistaken” for an “expression of democracy”.
The comments by Lord Walney come as the issue of MP safety has once again reared its head this week following a chaotic debate on the Israel-Hamas war.
