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Thank you for a clear and helpful explanation. I come at it from a different angle. IF you choose to make your home in the UK THEN you should pay UK income tax to contribute to the costs of running the UK: Q.E.D?

Statutory residence test (SRT)

2.1 The Finance Act 2013 introduced the SRT. This is a set of rules to determine your tax residence; it sets out what makes you UK resident for tax purposes.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/residence-domicile-and-remittance-basis-rules-uk-tax-liability/guidance-note-for-residence-domicile-and-the-remittance-basis-rdr1

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