A little-known legal loophole, involving those fortunate enough to have been born in the Gatwick area around the time of some complex boundary changes, means that the travel correspondent of The Independent qualifies as a part-time non-dom. (Some of his less charitable colleagues abbreviate that description to “part-timer”.)
Nevertheless, while in transit at Heathrow airport, someone claiming to be Simon Calder – as he is known on his diplomatic passport – took an hour out of his busy day to answer your pressing travel questions.
