Why are tax exiles, who have deliberately chosen not to contribute to our society, awarded with honours and titles? Lewis Hamilton, a nice young man who makes a huge amount of money from driving fast cars and keeps it all, is just the latest to bag a bauble. Then there’s Sean Connery, a totemic figure in the last Scottish referendum, feted by Alex Salmond and the SNP leadership, who loved independence so much he settled in the Bahamas where there is no income, capital gains, wealth, inheritance, succession, or gift tax. According to his widow his ashes are going to be scattered on a Scottish golf course. They should go in the bunker.