Numerous investigations and studies have shown that Britain's richest 50 families have accumulated more wealth than half of the entire British population combined. The context of this statistic is critical as these accrued riches coincide with the record levels of poverty and inequality in the UK.

To be clear, this is no accident or unintended consequence. This is the deliberate result of a system designed to protect the obscene wealth of the billionaire class, CEOs and shareholders in global financial institutions. Left-wing commentators often talk about inequality as a "failure" of capitalism but, let us be very clear, the financial suppression of the many is a wilful by-product as opposed to a failure.

The need for a total transformation and reset of our country's economic system to end these grotesque inequalities. That mission is critical for our movement.

Beyond the Westminster psychodrama and whatever unfolds in the next couple of days, the people of the UK are being utterly failed by Starmer and his rigor mortis government. The King's Speech was an opportunity to stand on the side of the 99% by introducing rent caps, wealth tax and properly funding vital welfare for the most vulnerable in our society among other things, but instead the government has laid out plans to further clamp down on peaceful demonstrations, infringe on our civil liberties with digital ID and continue its appalling scapegoating of refugees.

The King's Speech was also a total refusal to take action on rip-off bills and tackle environmental threats by bringing energy and water companies into public hands.

It is clear that Starmer's Labour government is dead in the water and destined for crushing defeat at the next election. For years now, we have seen Starmer pander to the far-right division and demonisation of refugees. He has taken swipes at those fleeing war, poverty and persecution to score cheap points in Parliament, but has instead legitimised some of the most abhorrent rhetoric in order to blame migrants for the failures of successive governments.

Instead of hearing the desperate cries for change coming from every corner of the country, where Labour council after Labour council, was decimated, largely by progressive votes for the Greens and independent candidates, the government has moved to sell our private medical data to Palantir and bring Blairite relics back into the fold. This creep to the right and further into the hands of private firms shows the complete removal from the electoral reality they face.

The jovial and light-hearted tone of the parliamentary process surrounding the King's Speech will provide no comfort for struggling families and the 4.5 million children living in poverty.

The British public want change. They voted for change. They need change - and whether it's Starmer or Streeting inside 10 Downing Street, it is clear that this iteration of the Labour Party refuses to divert from the status quo or put the inner workings of the establishment under the microscope.

But let's be clear, a king in a crown, who rides from his palace to Parliament in a gold-plated carriage, will never deliver real change, power or hope to our communities. That is why is we must build an alternative to the grotesque inequality encouraged by the British establishment, its servile political parties and the hate and division they sow throughout our communities.