The FT has this headline this morning: The article says: UK wealth managers have reported a surge in enquiries from affluent customers after weeks of
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Wealth series 7: The real cost of flaunting it
This video explores how the wealthy flaunt their wealth—not with numbers, but through displays of power, privilege, and consumption. From gold-plated cars to opera picnics
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Wealth series 6: Wealthy, or worried?
The wealthy aren’t just rich — they’re scared. Scared of losing face. Scared of taxes. Scared of change. In this video, I explore how the
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Wealth series 5: What are the wealthy worth?
Taxing the wealthy sounds easy. But what happens when we don’t actually know what they own or what it’s worth? In this fifth video in
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Why has inequality grown, and how can we make sure that the rich contribute?
This is a summary of the presentation I intend to make to a Citizens’ Assembly this morning: Talk to the Citizens’ Assembly 21 July 2025
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Social housing
This is absurd and a travesty of justice: Remember, social housing benefits the tenants. Housing benefits enrich landlords. This is what Thatcher did. And no
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Wealth series 4: Why are the very wealthy so very wealthy?
This video is the fourth in our series on wealth — and the second asking a crucial question: Why are the wealthy wealthy? In this
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Wealth series 3: Why are the wealthy so wealthy?
In this third video in our series on the wealthy, I explore why the comfortably wealthy in the UK — those with £3 million or
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The wealth series 2: Who are the wealthy?
Just how rich are the wealthy? In this video, I break down official data to show who truly owns Britain’s wealth. From the bottom 10%
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