To be hopping mad if Rishi gets pm job?

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Simply because he is super rich and his wife evaded tax while we all struggle with the cost of living? How can they let him stand?

This is not a racist thread btw.

I don't know anyone who pays more tax than they have too

@Ncwinc I thought that was public knowledge.

These threads really draw out some of the most considered, nuanced analysis.

Also pretty iffy, in his case because it looks like a fiction. I guess he'd say that at that point he genuinely intended to spend the rest of his life in the US/Singapore and then changed his mind but it's a bit whiffy. If HMRC were properly staffed I'd like them to say "oh right, let's reverse all those tax transactions made on the basis that you were moving to New York then".

Apparently not to those who are dreadfully upset that Rishi Sunak held a Green Card …

What wrong with holding non-don status if you actually are non-dom?

I am sure the tory party can find a candidate with a blank canvas that looks remotely competent and actually aware and interested in sorting UK's current problems. Instead of more of the same shit lot that we had to endure for years now.
Colour is IRRELEVANT, and shame on all of you that keep brandishing this argument, it just proves how many people are completely unaware of how our society actually is and just live in a cliché world, because you want to.
And if they do not manage to get some fresh air and ideas, I bet you next elections will finally show them the door, which actually suits me better. I rather see the back of all of them instead of just a bunch.

Plus he’s not in favour of tax cuts so economically it’d be grim for us plebs if he gets in.

The amount we collectively pay in tax has reduced a lot now we're all wfh and not buying as much petrol. It's going to reduce even further as electric cars get more popular. So either they'll have to find a way of taxing electric cars, or will have to introduce or raise some other tax.

Do you really think that there are any good options amongst those wrestling for the top spot? If so, more fool you.

I don't think we need to spend time on this thread saying that Johnson was an egregious chancer with all the sexual, personal and financial ethics of Lloyd George but none of the competence. It goes without saying.

Johnson's commitment to the country of his birth strangely evaporated the instant they decided they wanted to tax him in return for US citizenship (to be fair he's far from alone in that - there was a mass resignation of US dual nationalities when the tax laws changed).

A hobby job. Not a job. I'd prefer he took up fishing or something.

Another way the tax burden is increasingly the poor. When you say "we" are all wfh, you mean the middle classes. There aren't many minimum wage jobs being done from home

Wrong and Wrong.

Tax receipts have never been higher, peaking at £718bn in 2021-2022.

At the same time, the tax burden is at its highest since WW2.

So no lower taxes are not ‘grim’ news for ‘plebs’ as someone put it. And no collective taxation has not reduced.

this kind of misinformation really is bad.

I disagree. And you are being unreasonable. There are many reasons why he shouldn’t be PM. But just because he is rich isn’t one of them. I don’t care if they are rich or poor. As long as they do a good job. Personally I don’t discriminate people based on their background.

The whole photo opportunity with the borrowed car showed us that he thinks we’re idiots. Though I still prefer him to Boris.

The wealth does bother me though a lot are rich. I just find it hard to believe they can understand what it’s like for the average person.

Personally I think someone who was a non dom while chancellor of exchequer and was using legal but perhaps not entirely moral tax avoidance whilst in a senior post in government shouldn't be PM.
For a start, if a non dom, how truly committed is he to this country?
And using it as a way to avoid paying tax whilst you are chancellor of exchequer and responsible for making the laws regarding tax just doesn't sit right me at all.
But then I'm not a tory, I suspect the majority of tories will think its absolutely fine.

I agree, it has a place for people who are genuinely temporary expatriates. If you're just using it as a fig leaf, or if you're non-dom/Green Card while holding a position which should require a more permanent commitment to this country, then it's a problem.

It’s like someone on another thread said, for many the best candidate for the job would single mother of six Sandra, 46, who hasn’t worked in 25 years. Because you must be poor to be virtuous. Never mind competent.

’I don't think we need to spend time on this thread saying that Johnson was an egregious chancer with all the sexual, personal and financial ethics of Lloyd George but none of the competence’

It passes the time

My issue is with those who seem to be holding Rishi Sunak to a higher standard than they did Boris Johnson or other senior Tories. I’ll never be a Conservative voter. I have no skin in the game - of any colour.

Is your husband chancellor or PM?

Aside from the wealth, the problem with all the non-dom statuses etc is that they basically see being a British PM as a one of (not often the most lucrative) stint in their global job portfolio. A little bit like picking up cycling for a couple of years. I mean you might try but the reality is that you can also just go off and do indoor climbing if the weather looks bad or god forbid you get an injury. The rest of the British public (esp. since Brexit) are stuck here and cant just go off to Cali for the climate and the real cash. Which means it would be good to get people in charge, who will actually be affected by the policies they enact.

@coodawoodashooda and someone who is committed?

I personally would quite like him to be the PM.

Dons hard hat.

Is it not just the case that people who are born into privileged wealthy families find it hard to understand what it’s like for the average person? I think that’s an issue people have with a millionaire PM and a millionaire cabinet.