Editing Tracey Emin (section)

==Political activities==
[[File:Boris & Tracey Emin.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Tracey Emin with [[Boris Johnson]] in 2010. Both are prominent [[British Turks|Britons of Turkish heritage]].]]
Emin has been a critic of [[Taxation in the United Kingdom|Britain's income tax regime]], stating "I'm simply not willing to pay tax at 50%", she is "very seriously considering leaving Britain", and suggests she will live in France. "The French have lower tax rates and they appreciate arts and culture."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/04/tracey-emin-tax-protest-france|work=The Guardian|date=4 October 2009|title=Tracey Emin threatens to quit Britain over top tax rate|author=Sam Jones|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Brooks, Richard|date=4 October 2009|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6860232.ece|title=Tracey Emin: Stuff your 50% tax, I'm taking my tent to France|work=[[The Times]]|location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Emin has since denied that she intends to leave the country, stating that a journalist she spoke to previously exaggerated her comments, and that London is her home, and is the context in which she belongs.<ref>''Mark Lawson Talks to Tracey Emin'', BBC 4, 14 March 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/tracey-emin-lady-liberty-1827497.html|title=Tracey Emin: She's not about to leave Britain as a tax exile|date=26 November 2009|work=The Independent|author=David Usborne|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icorrect.com/search/node/tracey%20emin%20tax|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624175301/https://www.icorrect.com/search/node/tracey%20emin%20tax|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2013|title=ICorrect – The Universal Website for Corrections|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper reported in August 2010 that Emin is thought of as a supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/artists-flinch-at-honour-of-hanging-in-tory-offices-2065546.html|title=Artists flinch at 'honour' of hanging in Tory offices – Culture minister Ed Vaizey says he ruffled feathers after selecting contemporary artworks to adorn Westminster|author=Arifa Akbar|date=30 August 2010|work=The Independent on Sunday|access-date=5 September 2010|location=London, UK}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[New Statesman]]'', she revealed that she voted for the Conservatives at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], adding, "We've got the best government at the moment that we've ever had."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/10/voting-tory-emin-melvyn|title=Preview: NS Interview with Tracey Emin|first=Sophie | last=Elmhirst|author-link=Sophie Elmhirst|date=8 October 2010|work=The Independent on Sunday |access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref> She has stated that she is an 'outsider' in the art world, as a result of voting Conservative. She is a [[Monarchism|royalist]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8980125/Tracey-Emin-Im-abused-by-other-artists-for-voting-Tory.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8980125/Tracey-Emin-Im-abused-by-other-artists-for-voting-Tory.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tracey Emin: I'm abused by other artists for voting Tory|date=28 December 2011 |access-date=11 September 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In April 2014, Emin, who has a home and studio in Spitalfields, publicly called to save an East London newsagent who faced eviction from [[Old Spitalfields Market]], after 22 years in business. She started a petition to save newsagent Ashok Patel's business, which was signed by 1,000 people.<ref>Anny Shaw (25 April 2014), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tracey-Emin-steps-in-to-save-Spitalfields-newsagent/32399 "Tracey Emin steps in to save Spitalfields newsagent"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720091630/http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tracey-Emin-steps-in-to-save-Spitalfields-newsagent/32399 |date=20 July 2014 }}, ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

In August 2014, Emin was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>