Britain’s Strike of the Mind Has Begun

As I fly back to the USA today, I can help but feel sorry for my countrymen in the UK.

Britain is bleeding out its future — and the wound is self-inflicted. Last year alone, 11,000 millionaires fled the country. Alongside them, a quieter exodus is underway: innovators, doctors, engineers, and entrepreneurs — the very people who fuel growth. They are voting with their feet, escaping a system that punishes success and rewards dependency.

This isn’t just economics. It’s philosophy. It’s Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged — happening in real time.

Rand’s Warning Made Real

In Rand’s great novel, the most productive minds — the inventors, creators, and entrepreneurs — go on strike. Tired of being treated as beasts of burden for the “public good,” they withdraw, and society grinds to a halt. Her point was stark: progress comes only from free individuals pursuing their own vision. Shackle them, and civilization collapses.

Britain has taken the opposite lesson. Under the clueless stewardship of Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, and Angela Rayner, the country…