Passionate exchange with a caller defending Sunak's wife's non-dom status | LBC

James O'Brien's passionate exchange with a caller who tried to defend Rishi Sunak's wife's non-dom tax status.

'It's not right that the man in charge of setting economic policy is married to a woman who avoids it!'

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[terrythomas]

The con-trick is complete. The man earning £1000 per hour, has convinced the man earning £100 per hour, that the man earning £10 per hour, is the problem.

[zacmumblethunder]

I love how defenders of this sort of thing say "Everyone does it".
Most people are in PAYE. We don't get a chance to even try it.

[lightningleaf]

Everything that’s wrong with the country in one call. Someone who I suspect is not particularly wealthy calling up to defend a none tax paying billionaire when some people can’t afford to heat their houses. The person in question happening to be the chancellors wife

[marinman]

This woman is 100% convinced she's correct and not willing to another point of is a huge problem with society in general off!

[jaylamb]

I give up, working class people are actually defending the practice of tax avoidance by billionaires 🤷‍♂️

[noonewillnoo]

This is the same logic as people who earn over 60k and don't think millionaires should be taxed more because they believe they're in the same category.

[HelenaBlack]

Imagine being a normal working person in the UK in 2022 and defending the tax avoiding actions of the billionaire wife of the CotE! We’re living in the twilight zone!

[hayzed]

That caller was an example of why the loophole gets to stay open. What about this, what about that.

[david]

Seeing so many working class people defend ultra rich Tories, who are putting up THEIR taxes, is just incredible.

[DavidSmith-dmix]

I’m a American, living in USA, Canton, Ohio. I listen to LBC faithfully. Keep up the excellent work.

[spraymie]

And THIS is why the UK is falling apart. A total broken flush

[thaumaturgeishere]

Why is this woman calling in? She seems to making an argument for breaking the law, including those who make the law. I really do not understand why she is so passionate about defending someone who is richer than the Queen.

[firefox-vcrb]

Voting millionaires and billionaire's to fix the system that made them millionaires and billionaire's is moronic. Turkeys wouldn’t vote for Christmas but the voters do every election.

[-_marvin_-]

"There are many crooks, so being a crook is not crooked, even if you're responsible for stopping crooks". That's what I heard from this caller.

[Gavinmartinlee]

I know someone just like this woman she basically knows everything about sod all and will argue the toss even if you show her concrete evidence that she is wrong

[marciawalters]

What a waste of time and energy.
She's the type of person who is more in love with their voice, rather than making any sense whatsoever 😒

[christinavuyk]

Don’t care if what she’s done is legal, it’s still morally wrong for someone in her position as the wife of the Chancellor 😳🤬

[steveturner]

Anyone who has or moves money abroad to avoid UK taxes should be stripped of British citizenship.

[paulbird]

"we voted them in" that pretty much defines the arrogance of this lunatic woman.

[jamesnicholson]

the sheer fact that the CHANCELLORS WIFE is dodging taxes is disgusting, and then for these people to defend that so rabidly is exactly what is wrong with the UK and the whole world