“Dyson to move company HQ to Singapore”

Jan 22, 2019 | Brexit

‘Lots of rich people voted for and/or funded Brexit because it wouldn’t affect them either way’. Who said that? Well, yes, I did. I remember the conversation I really had with a really rich person in 2016 who was voting Leave:  ‘What about your house in Spain?’ ‘Not a problem, I’ve got another in Antigua’. That wasn’t James Dyson. He’s far worse, I’d say. He’s pulling out of the UK and moving to Singapore. Singapore now has a trade deal with the EU. Best of every world, unless you live in or around Malmesbury. Read the government’s response here. And be afraid. Especially if you’ve bought one of those stupid hoovers.

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