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Things were only gonna get worse for Sunak. Look at his story last week and dissect it, step by step. Then see how rampantly dishonest this Chancellor has been with the public. The Independent initially raised the issue re Akshata Murrty having non-dom status thereby paying no UK tax on global income earned elsewhere. Pay her £30k to the Exchequer and all OK eh. The first official Brit govt response was silence. Then the "dam broke". Sunak finally reacted - smears and "dirty tricks" mentioned in his formal statement. In the bad old days, smears were attached to someone peddling falsehoods. Sunak perceived a smear as someone accurately reporting someone's tax status. And then distortions followed re why Murty was registered as a non-dom. Then Sunak insinuated his wife was a victim of bureaucratic circumstances beyond her control - absolutely laughable and another lie!! He also implied his wife was a citizen of India and because India doesn't allow its citizens to hold the citizenship of of another country simultaneously, according to Brit law, his wife is treated as non-dom. This was another lie - the words "is treated" suggest her tax status happened to her - a distortion of the truth. It's a choice to obtain and retain. I could go on, but the Murty U-turn sums it all up as an utter exposure of their true intentions - an absolute mess and a political shambles from his personal point of view.