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Bearly Politics

Why the UK Is So Weird About Inheritance Tax

A DINKWAC’s view of a national panic, imagined confiscations, and the uncomfortable truth about wealth, fear and being dead.

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Dec 15, 2025
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There are many things in life that we in the United Kingdom can get… worked up about.

The weather, being the most obvious example. Trains. Bins. Strictly. Whether someone being vegan is a personality trait or a cry for help1.

Beyond this very select few examples though, there’s one subject that comes up pretty regularly, and with a vein-popping intensity…

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