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Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 May 2026

Debate

Higher Earners: Emigration

Contribution

My Lords, does the Minister remember the argument, at the time of the Brexit referendum, that the divide in Britain was between the intellectual elite, who were people from anywhere, and the real people of Britain, who were people from somewhere? Are we not hearing an argument that it is the rich who are the people from anywhere, who do not have any particular loyalty to Britain and who might move, and that the rest of us are much more patriotic? Could we not hope to hear an argument from the Conservative Party and Reform that the rich should also be patriotic and committed to this country?

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