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I do get what he is saying and so do you Emma. It's a naive and idealistic view of the world, which he is entitled to. His constituents will ultimately decide if his views deserve your dramatic camera poses or not. There are some excellent billionaires out there, of course.

Who?

Imagine pulling a face at the thought of everyone living well and wealthy

The BBC needs serious reforms

I cannot tell if people are being woefully ignorant or are pretending to be temporarily embarrassed billionares. Nobody. Needs. That. Much. Money. We have children in poverty and disabled citizens dying due to their lack of funds but lets wring our hands for the rich.

Wholeheartedly agree. However if the UK tries to aggressively tax the super wealthy while other nations treat them more favourably they'll migrate and we'll lose all the tax receipts. So progress has to be made incrementally while working with other nations.

genuine question: why does anyone need to have a billion pounds? especially while others are starving. I'd be happy with a million quid, wouldn't you?

The politics of envy. Don't bring people up, take people down

Envy? No, if the very rich pay their share of taxes and don't over- exploit their employees that is fine. We have working people using food banks in the UK, that isn't right. The balance has swung too far in favour of the very rich. It is time to rebalance society.