It's probably been obvious that I've had a couple of days remote from IT. The blog has been quiet.
I haven't been. I've spoken to a large number of journalists from the UK and abroad. Non-dom issues dominate. And as several have said, the coverage of this issue is becoming horribly biased.
Take the Sunday Times last weekend. Five articles addressed the issue. Together they covered about 2.5 pages. On the last 2.5 column inches I was allowed opportunity to be the only dissenting voice.
Well, I'm pleased I got a chance. But I know I'm not that isolated. Far from it, in fact. Knock out a self-interested group of UK based accountants, lawyers and property speculators who are petrified they will lose business and where is the noise coming from? Nowhere. That's the answer. We're not hearing from real people who are planning to go. As even the Sunday Times admitted, there's no evidence of increased applicants to English language schools in Switzerland. Even STEP find 95.5% of non doms are staying.
So why the biased coverage? And why aren't the right questions being asked? Because the press aren't being given the alternatives, I expect. As a result I'll be addressing the real issues over the next three days because we have the chance to tackle the non-dom issue now and I think we should embrace that chance to get rid of this rule forever.
Thanks for reading this post.
You can share this post on social media of your choice by clicking these icons:
You can subscribe to this blog's daily email here.
And if you would like to support this blog you can, here:
I share your disgust at media coverage of the non-dom issue as well as the government’s craven submission to the city on this issue. I’ve discussed it with several of my clients and it’s very interesting to note that, regardless of political persuasion, they all agree that it’s ludicrious to have tax laws that so favour a select group of wealthy people. They all agree that our laws should apply equally to everyone who lives in this country. They even agree that the frequntly expressed, by the city, concern that some non-doms might leave the country and so cause economic damage is a risk well worth taking if it leads to fairness for all.
I suspect that if the majority in this country were asked they’d share these opinions. So why is our government so afraid to call on mass support to support changes in the interests of fairness? What lies behind their apparent fear?