No is the answer. I think it’s absolutely outrageous. Why should I? [pay US tax] I think, you know, I’m not a … I, you know, I haven’t lived in the United States for, you know, well, since I was five years old … I pay the lion’s share of my tax, I pay my taxes to the full in the United Kingdom where I live and work. It’s very difficult to give up [American passport].

— Boris Johnson on Taxation in the United States

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No is the answer. I think it’s absolutely outrageous. Why should I? [pay US tax] I think, you know, I’m not a … I, you know, I haven’t lived in the United States for, you know, well, since I was five years old … I pay the lion’s share of my tax, I pay my taxes to the full in the United Kingdom where I live and work. It’s very difficult to give up [American passport]." in the context of "Boris Johnson "London mayor Boris Johnson reported to have paid US tax demand", The Guardian, (2015)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Boris Johnson

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, journalist, and popular historian. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2019 until September 2022.