Spend your weekends enjoying simple pleasures on the Skegness seafront; next is Dubai's gorgeous private beach clubs.

Richard Tice, deputy leader of the UK Reform Party and MP for Boston and Skegness, not only works in his Lincolnshire constituency and the House of Commons, but also spends 3,500 miles away in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) time. "We are expanding our international presence," he said.

this observer It has been confirmed that his partner, journalist Isabel Oakeshott, moved to Dubai with their children a few months ago.

Both insist the couple are still very much a "couple" and now see each other whenever time and Emirates allow. "She's been there for a few months... I go there occasionally and she comes here occasionally," Theis said.

Just six months ago, Theis was elected as one of five MPs for UK Reform, the successor to UK Independence Party and currently leading the Conservatives in opinion polls.

He insisted he was fully committed to his constituency and his work in the House of Commons, noting that he was a top ten backbencher.

But he said lessons could be learned from international experience and the UAE's success.

"My family built their first skyscraper in Dubai in the mid-'70s, so we knew the place for a long time. I first went there in the early nineties. Its growth has been phenomenal, " he said.

In contrast, Britain is slipping, he added. So he's working in Parliament to save it.

He said: "The problem with this place is that under this government it's going to hell and as long as we have high taxes, heavy regulation and net zero, we're not going to grow. Smart people are leaving the country. Things That’s how tragic it is.”

Oakeshott is based in Dubai as International Editor of Talk TV and daily telegraphsaid Labor's "harmful tax on private schools" had prompted her to look elsewhere for the best place to educate her children. She said the UAE offered "endless opportunities" and had a "thriving economy".

She added: “I continue to support Richard in every way possible as we pursue our shared goal of building a prosperous Britain that wealth creators and many others will not want to flee.”

Asked whether the couple had invited Reform Party leader Nigel Farage to visit Dubai, Theis said: "No, he's very busy. He has various other international obligations."