An alternative view
What concerns me is the amount of public money he has amassed which he is now intending to take with him.
Unless he has made his fortune earning money from other countries the fact is that it comprises money initially issued by the UK government. By removing it from the country and not paying tax on it he is actually contributing to the UK's deficit as none of it will now return to the Treasury.
I doubt very much if, despite the amount someone quoted as him having paid in tax, he has actually paid as much tax as a percentage of his income/wealth as 'ordinary' people pay through the PAYE system and through indirect taxation. Clever accountants and 'tax planning' usually ensures that the rich have opportunities which are not available to most other taxpayers to minimise the tax they pay.
If he didn't pay his workers a decent wage then his wealth has been made on the back of their exploitation. Just like capitalists through the last couple of centuries. He wasn't providing work in the philanthropical way that it is usually presented "Oh, wealthy people kindly provide people with jobs", he did it out of pure self interest to enrich himself.
One wonders what his charges were like and how he dealt with his suppliers. 
Does one regard the money that the government issues for our use, to serve the economy, as a handy source of private enrichment for some or as a public benefit which should provide a reasonable life for all citizens?
twinnytwin
Doodledog, I hope it is only "ridiculous scaremongering nonsense" but with the start Labour has made and the statement that following the Budget that things are only going to get worse, folk that are able to, are of course preparing themselves so that they can keep their hard-earned money. I'm certainly not wealthy by any means but I'm worried.
I understand that. I don't have millions (if only 
) but what I do have is hard-earned too - not many people have money land in their laps. I am prepared to have a bit less in the short-term if it means that things can be turned round for the future, though. If things continue to decline the way they've been doing the country won't be a good place for the next generations, and IMO it's a good thing that someone is trying to stop the decline.
I like to think that if I did have millions I would feel the same - after all, I'd have more to spare, and my extra taxes would make more of a difference. Either way, we can't have a better country unless we pay for it, and that payment has to come from everyone.
Haha, is he really?
This story gets funnier the more it goes on
Grantanow
MayBee70
No one seemed bothered that Brexit supporting Dyson moved a lot of his manufacturing to Singapore thus depriving the UK of those jobs. But now someone is doing just that under a Labour government it’s shock horror, what about the workers…
Not so. I was concerned that Dyson exported all those jobs.
Just had a quick Google.
James Dyson has approximately 3,500 employees in the U.K.
He paid £156 million in tax to HMRC in the last tax year.
In Singapore he has approximately 1,920 employees of which 560 are engineers or scientists.
MayBee70
No one seemed bothered that Brexit supporting Dyson moved a lot of his manufacturing to Singapore thus depriving the UK of those jobs. But now someone is doing just that under a Labour government it’s shock horror, what about the workers…
Not so. I was concerned that Dyson exported all those jobs.
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