HSBC scandal.
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Once again, the dividing line is not as clear as you suggest. Many instances of 'avoidance' are actually 'evasion' -- they just haven't been looked into by the authorities.
Yes but benefit fraudsters should be hung, or at the least sterilised according to some on the forum, whilst tax avoidance is to be celebrated...
They should both be strung up.
And that is the fault of successive governments. The tax book should be far simpler, less open to interpretation and more prescriptive. It should be the duty of treasury to make sure there are no loopholes, contradictions or uncertainties in any new tax raising legislation.
Haha, so Lord Fink challenged Ed Milliband to repeat his accusation of Fink being a tax avoider outside of the house of commons and he would sue him...
So Ed does repeat it today and Fink immediately backs down saying, 'well everyone does it and what I did was at the vanilla, bland end of the scale'
Priceless
So Ed does repeat it today and Fink immediately backs down saying, 'well everyone does it and what I did was at the vanilla, bland end of the scale'
Priceless
Your source didn't answer the question.
Haha, so Lord Fink challenged Ed Milliband to repeat his accusation of Fink being a tax avoider outside of the house of commons and he would sue him...
So Ed does repeat it today and Fink immediately backs down saying, 'well everyone does it and what I did was at the vanilla, bland end of the scale'
Priceless
At the same time Ed still manages to make himself look like an idiot with his "when I said dodgy Tory donors I didn't mean that Tory donor was dodgy" climb down.
Haha yea, though Cameron made just as much a fool of himself when he ignored the calls to support his donor and just walked off. To be fair to Milliband though, looking like an idiot is his default position
He wouldn't be a politician if he didn't have that much brass neck and inherent hypocrisy
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Haha yea, though Cameron made just as much a fool of himself when he ignored the calls to support his donor and just walked off. To be fair to Milliband though, looking like an idiot is his default position
It does seem that the best way for the Conservatives to win is to say nothing and let Labour keep shooting themselves in the foot. "What colour what you like you Get Women Voting van?" "Patronising pink please, we all know the ladies love pink!"
As they are all at it I doubt they really want anyone to dig too deep.
yup. House of cards.
