There was lots of noise when they first got elected and some grand plans. That seems to have died down and not much has changed as it’s hard to implement stuff with no money in the kitty.Half the "independents" are people who wouldn't get past a party selection process, even a Tory one. Or they are Tories who know they wouldn't get elected as Tories.
It proves nothing I’m afraid, not when you think about the type of individuals involved and how they are likely to have made their money.I said I had no idea but I do have one from 2010.
In 2010, number of billionaires in the world was 1011 and, by 2023, that number was 2640, which was 2.6 times higher.
In the UK, following 13 years of a Conservative government the UK number had gone from 29 in 2010 to 171 in 2023, which is a SIX fold increase. QED as they say.
It proves nothing I’m afraid, not when you think about the type of individuals involved and how they are likely to have made their money.
How do you know the increased number of billionaires in the UK isn’t simply the result of people switching their domicile to the UK - perhaps getting out of Russia, HK or some other dodgy country - rather than UK born people becoming billionaires through returns on their UK assets/businesses?
Over the past 30 years you’ve had an unprecedented increase in global trade, a far higher degree of global correlation across asset prices and the widespread removal of restrictions on capital flows. Anything the Conservative Party has or hasn’t done in the face of that is largely irrelevant with regard to the number of billionaires globally and where they choose to live. You could of course discourage the very wealthy from coming to the UK but governments tend not to do that sort of thing.
It proves your idea that the UK was not an outlier was wrong. Now you're just speculating about why you were wrong.It proves nothing I’m afraid, not when you think about the type of individuals involved and how they are likely to have made their money.
How do you know the increased number of billionaires in the UK isn’t simply the result of people switching their domicile to the UK - perhaps getting out of Russia, HK or some other dodgy country - rather than UK born people becoming billionaires through returns on their UK assets/businesses?
Over the past 30 years you’ve had an unprecedented increase in global trade, a far higher degree of global correlation across asset prices and the widespread removal of restrictions on capital flows. Anything the Conservative Party has or hasn’t done in the face of that is largely irrelevant with regard to the number of billionaires globally and where they choose to live. You could of course discourage the very wealthy from coming to the UK but governments tend not to do that sort of thing.
What are the figures for France, Germany, the US; comparable economies?It proves your idea that the UK was not an outlier was wrong. Now you're just speculating about why you were wrong.
Wow.What are the figures for France, Germany, the US; comparable economies?
Go away and find the data, then come back to me.
No.What are the figures for France, Germany, the US; comparable economies?
Go away and find the data, then come back to me.