The Internet has little sympathy for Dubai’s tax-dodging influencers

[dubai]

British journalist [Isabel Oakeshott][1], who is famous for her hateful content against migrants and refugees, has been documenting her life in Dubai amid Iran’s [retaliatory strikes][2] on the UAE , and people have little sympathy.

Oakeshott shared a bilingual emergency alert from Dubai during the strikes. It was in Arabic first, then English, telling residents to take shelter. The internet immediately laughed at her for enjoying the kind of accommodation she’d never offer migrants.

> Outrageous that Dubai has to send these out in a foreign language because immigrants won’t learn Arabic. [https://t.co/i9VIx8duFc][3]
> 
> — Lord Protector Will Wartsandall (@LewensWill) [March 1, 2026][4]

Influencers were getting roasted for suddenly caring about British embassies after spending years clout-chasing in a country with zero tax and infinite irony.

> Me when people who’ve spent years boasting about not paying any UK taxes say they want the British embassy to help evacuate them from Dubai. [pic.twitter.com/6hie1D8U1D][5]
> 
> — Brendan May (@bmay) [February 28, 2026][6]

> Some of those Brits in Dubai might want to try coming back in a small boat, I’ve heard it’s well easy
> 
> — Jasinya [💞] (@bougieluxebabe) [March 1, 2026][7]

## Should Dubai tax-dodgers get tax help?

Even mainstream British media wasn’t holding back. Susanna Reid straight-up asked: if Brits move to Dubai to avoid paying tax, then need rescuing, shouldn’t they pay for it themselves?

> Susanna Reid: “Brits have moved to places like Dubai, potentially.. to avoid paying tax.. if they need rescuing.. should they pay for their own evacuation, because if they’re avoiding paying tax then they’re avoiding paying into public services, like the govt coming to get you” [pic.twitter.com/5Z0Qkf8N19][8]
> 
> — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) [March 3, 2026][9]

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey rightly pointed this out in the Parliament on Monday. He called out “tax exiles and washed-up old footballers” in Dubai who “mock ordinary Brits” but now expect the UK military to rescue them. He [said][10]:

> ..we rightly expect our brave armed forces to protect British citizens around the world in crises like this, but that includes tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed-up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes here. As we protect them, does the Prime Minister agree that it is only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us do?

Oakeshott’s fiancé and “patriotic” Reform MP Richard Tice is definitely not keen on this frankly patriotic measure. He criticised Davey for being “obsessed” with Oakeshott for this suggestion.

> Dear old [@EdwardJDavey][11]
> 
> Back off my fiancée …. !
> 
> You seem obsessed with her….! [https://t.co/F2P6M7wXmD][12]
> 
> — Richard Tice MP [🇬🇧] (@TiceRichard) [March 2, 2026][13]

Imagine fleeing the UK to avoid taxes, then asking your MP fiancé to cover for your tax-dodging behaviour, Embarrassing, really.

*Featured image via the Canary*

By [The Canary][14]

[1]: https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/11/09/isabel-oakeshott-bashes-migrants-from-her-home-in-dubai/
[2]: https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/03/01/netanyahu-fails/
[3]: https://t.co/i9VIx8duFc
[4]: https://twitter.com/LewensWill/status/2028085023610446293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[5]: https://t.co/6hie1D8U1D
[6]: https://twitter.com/bmay/status/2027761799815217620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[7]: https://twitter.com/bougieluxebabe/status/2028085444018065775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[8]: https://t.co/5Z0Qkf8N19
[9]: https://twitter.com/SaulStaniforth/status/2028716482255794245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[10]: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-03-02/debates/C3BE6001-08B4-4DF8-8193-A4BFF0C57E9B/MiddleEast?highlight=dubai#contribution-1EB3275E-DAD3-4208-B824-CC14F5C4978E
[11]: https://twitter.com/EdwardJDavey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[12]: https://t.co/F2P6M7wXmD
[13]: https://twitter.com/TiceRichard/status/2028543002335920482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[14]: https://www.thecanary.co/author/thecanary/


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