Charlie Mullins

The way things are going many multi millionaires will leave the country due to high taxes.
Which high taxes are these, please? And how do you know what multi millionaires will do?

I also read that if Labour keeps going on the way they are doing, there could be a vote of no confidence in Starmer and he could be called before the King who will ask him to stand down, the same as what happened to Truss. They say that the publics perception of him has never ever been as low as it is now because he has made it clear he hates pensioners.

You 'also read'? Where did you read this? There could be a VONC if Labour keep going the way they're going (how is that, exactly?), and KS could be called before the King. Not very definite, is it? There could be a bank holiday declared in his honour, and the King could lead the Conga round Buckingham Palace in celebration.

Who says that the public's perception is low? Them? Who are they? Has there been a survey already? As for 'he hates pensioners' - is this because he is treating them the same as everyone else, rather than paying cash based on age rather than income?

Honestly, this is getting beyond a joke.

Agreed, M0nica.

I suspect he was planning on going anyway. Anyone who intends to move to retire to Spain or Dubai, has usually planned it. Both are popular retirement locations.

Charlie Mullins has never been a man who avoided publicity and this going with a bang rather than a whimper is very much his style.

BigBopper

The way things are going many multi millionaires will leave the country due to high taxes.

I also read that if Labour keeps going on the way they are doing, there could be a vote of no confidence in Starmer and he could be called before the King who will ask him to stand down, the same as what happened to Truss. They say that the publics perception of him has never ever been as low as it is now because he has made it clear he hates pensioners.

Get him out, get him out.

Yes, get him out and soon before he causes any more damage!

Seven Labour MPs had the whip withdrawn, for six months, (child allowance cap in July 24.)and have to sit as independents because they voted against the way their masters told them to.

A bit more than dictatorial and an omen of things to come.

Mollygo

Casdon

Dream on BigBopper, there isn’t going to be a vote of no confidence any time soon. Look at the way Labour MPs voted for the WFP.

Yes but we don’t know if they were voting or abstaining under the threat of having the whip withdrawn.
Ruling by threat as we know, is an historical way of making sure people do what you want.

Yes, rather dictatorial of Starmer, the hypocrite. There is a name for that sort of Governance.

Casdon

Dream on BigBopper, there isn’t going to be a vote of no confidence any time soon. Look at the way Labour MPs voted for the WFP.

Yes but we don’t know if they were voting or abstaining under the threat of having the whip withdrawn.
Ruling by threat as we know, is an historical way of making sure people do what you want.

I saw an interview with Charlie Mullins and i found him impressive. He is a hard worker who built a very successful business, Pimlico Plumbers, from nothing; has made millions and paid millions in tax, a role model one would think. He is prudently removing himself from Britain before much more of his earned money is taken. He did say he was not prepared to tolerate Eric the plumber turning up next week as Marianne, with a string of preferred pronouns, for which I applaud him.

Dream on BigBopper, there isn’t going to be a vote of no confidence any time soon. Look at the way Labour MPs voted for the WFP.

The way things are going many multi millionaires will leave the country due to high taxes.

I also read that if Labour keeps going on the way they are doing, there could be a vote of no confidence in Starmer and he could be called before the King who will ask him to stand down, the same as what happened to Truss. They say that the publics perception of him has never ever been as low as it is now because he has made it clear he hates pensioners.

Get him out, get him out.

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…

As I remember, there were comments about Dyson leaving too, blaming his departure and loss of jobs on Brexit (under the Conservatives) shock, horror

Why shouldn’t there be comments about Charlie Mullins if he says he’s leaving because of something the LP is doing and why shouldn’t there be equal amounts of horror?

I think you misunderstand the tone of the comments maddyone, I’m glad he’s going. I prefer people with a social conscience, however wealthy they are, and he has more than a few skeletons in his closet.

He doesn't owe anything to the country, and nor do we to him. Who cares if he retires abroad? Lots of people do.

He made a fortune with a very employee-unfriendly business model, sold up and tried to make a media career as a spokesman for banning policies such as furlough, working from home (as though plumbers could do that anyway!) and other family-friendly policies. He's a dinosaur, and as far as I'm concerned his accent and background have nothing to do with anything.

Look at the evidence from other sources though Galaxy.
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/twitter-blocks-charlie-mullins-for-posting-someone-should-kill-sadiq-khan/ar-AA1g2Oaw?ocid=UP21DHP

I think he sold the business too.
He was working class Galaxy, Broad accent and starting out from absolutely nothing. I say well done to him. Amazing the nasty comments on here because he’s quitting the country. It’s up to him. Dyson has got nothing to do with it. This is about Charlie Mullins, who had nothing and made himself a multi millionaire by his own hard work. In doing so, he employed many people and paid a lot of taxes. He owes nothing else to the country.

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…

I think he sold his plumbing business back in 2021 although I believe he still has a small shareholding

That's interesting maddy, I assumed he was working class origins simply by the contempt flowing from the Guardian article.

merlotgran

Dubai I think.

Both, according to the Guardian…

Don’t know who he is but heard of Pimlico plumbers. cheerio Charlie, off you go to sunny places where shady people roam.

Dubai I think.

He’s 71. Basically he’s doing a self publicity tour before retiring to Spain.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Except to HMRC perhaps.
And all the people he employed.

I believe he sold the business in 2021, so he doesn't employ anybody now.

Hmm
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/13/charlie-mullins-farewell-tour-britain-taxes-multimillionaires
He sounds like an absolute plonker, multimillionaire or not.

If he can find someone to pay £12 million for his flat.

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…

Actually Charlie Mullins is a very interesting person. He started out from nothing and built an enormously successful plumbing business, employing thousands of people, and made himself extremely rich in the process.
Good for him.