Rishi and Savid both resigned

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Well, he's unelectable now. If there were a GE tomorrow I'm not sure he'd even retain his constituency seat. I don't think anyone with his track record who wasn't a very posh white man would've ever got that far in the first place though.

On this matter I agree with you @Provenceinthesummer

There is a lot of casual racism on this thread and it’s not right book

No it’s not right.

I'm not sure why his wife's tax is such a big issue. She's earning money generated by a company in India, if anyone should tax that it should be India. Didn't they confirm at the time that she was paying tax on her UK generated income? As for tax avoidance... even the Queen was caught in the Panama papers. Let's not pretend the MPs with family money aren't hiding it all in trusts.

No, they confirmed she was paying correct tax "overseas" and refused to say tax had been paid in India, leading to a strong suspicion that the investments were held in BVI or similar.

Rishi is a billionaire - it’s the optics. It will never work, he will be mauled on day one for having no idea about poverty.

Boris at least had bankrupt parents and no money to his name to hang on to as PM

Even if this were correct, which it isn't because she didn't give that level of clarity, good luck to anyone attempting to persuade the electorate that it's a convincing argument.

Boris clinging on reminds me of Trump clinging on. 😂

I remember him being criticized for being out of touch after saying that his family all eat different kinds of bread.

No, they confirmed she was paying correct tax "overseas" and refused to say tax had been paid in India, leading to a strong suspicion that the investments were held in BVI or similar.

But then my new point is, that's India's concern. Not the UK. The UK won't tax the likes of Amazon for money generated IN the UK so why criticise someone earning money from profits made overseas? Taxes should be paid on profits in the countries where they're from and if not, it's up to that country to contest it.

When your husband is responsible for tax revenues in the country in which you appear to be permanently resident, of course it's relevant.

Where her income comes from is only relevant if she's temporarily resident here, which is surely quite a difficult position to take if your husband has designs on being PM? As a settled UK resident UK tax would be due on her income wherever it comes from.

Yes, it is about her husband's role in setting the tax rules, including continuing to allow the tax loophole of long term residents being 'non domiciled' for tax reasons. It is a loophole that has been flagged up by previous governments.

So it is a conflict of interest for her husband to decide policy, because she (and therefore both of them) benefit financially from his decisions

Again, good luck to anyone attempting that argument with the electorate.

What an absolute mess and shame on the lot of them. As if this country hasn't enough on its plate right now.

Apart from Ben Wallace. I like him.