Reform deputy leader Richard Tice splitting time between Skegness and Dubai after partner leaves UK
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MP says he is totally committed to his constituency after Isabel Oakeshott moved to the Emirates. One weekend, it will be the straightforward delights of Skegness seafront; the next, the flashy private beach clubs of Dubai. Richard Tice, deputy leader of Reform UK and its MP for Boston and Skegness, is splitting his time not just between his Lincolnshire constituency and the House of Commons, but is also spending time 3,500 miles away in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “We are spreading our international reach,” he said.
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The Observer has established that some months ago his partner, the journalist Isabel Oakeshott, moved out to Dubai with her children. The couple are still very much “an item”, both insist, and are now seeing each other whenever time and Emirates airlines allow. “She has been based out there for a few months … I occasionally go there and she occasionally comes here,” said Tice.
Tice was elected just six months ago as one of five MPs sitting for Reform UK, the successor to Ukip, which is now storming ahead of the Tories in the polls. He insists he is totally committed to his constituency and to his work in the Commons, pointing out that he is in the top 10 of speakers from the backbenches.
But lessons, he said, can be learned from international experience and from the successes of the UAE. “My family built their first ever skyscraper in Dubai in the mid-70s so we have known the place for a long time. I first went there in the early 90s. Its growth is amazing,” he said.
