By Charlie Mullins

You don’t need a crystal ball to see what’s going on in Britain right now just look at the airports. Private jets, luxury cars, and moving vans are heading out of the country, not into it. Why? Because wealthy people are being punished for success. That’s the harsh truth.

Blame Game

For years, politicians have played the blame game, pinning the country’s problems on the very people who create jobs, invest in businesses, and actually pay a large chunk of the tax bill. Now, with talk of wealth taxes, more hikes on capital gains, and even threats to overhaul non-dom rules, it’s no wonder the rich are saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.”

What sane person would stick around?

Let’s be real: if you worked hard, took risks, and built something from scratch, would you stick around just to have half of it taken off you by the government? Of course not. You’d move to Monaco, Dubai or Switzerland – places that welcome entrepreneurs instead of punishing them.

This is about fairness

This isn’t about greed, it’s about fairness and common sense. Britain should be attracting wealth, not driving it away. When wealthy people leave, they don’t just take their money, they take jobs, investment, and ambition with them.

And before anyone starts moaning about “the cost of living” and “levelling up,” remember: without wealth creators, there’s nothing to redistribute. You can’t build a strong economy by chasing away the very people who fuel it.

Taxing ambition is a one-way ticket to the poor house

The government needs to wake up fast. Britain should be a hub for business, not a hostile environment for success. Because if we keep taxing ambition out of the country, we’ll all end up poorer and wondering where it all went wrong.