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Nah, wasn't thinking of that. Thats what led to him giving up his US citizenship (as well as the optics of running for PM while being a US citizen).
High net worth individuals can't just dump their US citizenship. They need to effective buy their way out of it by paying ~10% of their net worth (it's negotiable). It's either that or never be able to visit the US ever again (which would be untenable for a PM or former PM) without special dispensation (probably available for a serving PM). That was the "US tax bill" he had to pay (along with the capital gains on primary residence stuff).
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Nah, wasn't thinking of that. Thats what led to him giving up his US citizenship (as well as the optics of running for PM while being a US citizen).
Could have sworn that it was reported that he was late on a tax return payment and had to enter into an individual arrangement with HMRC. Finding it hard to google so lets just assume I'm talking bollocks.