Panama Papers

Diddums · 6 Apr 2016 at 12:54

So how do I do this then? Clearly it's accepted and can save me a ton of money.

doodah · 6 Apr 2016 at 12:59

Don't think I have seen this in the thread

Mynight · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:00

Diddums said:
So how do I do this then? Clearly it's accepted and can save me a ton of money.

Self employed or have investments?

Diddums · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:06

I help my disabled neighbour once a fortnight to clean his deck and car, can I use that? As for investments, do rare Lego sets count?

sanaxe1 · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:06

Diddums said:
So how do I do this then? Clearly it's accepted and can save me a ton of money.

Message me in Trust , I know a good company based in Panama who can help.

Arazi · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:07

I find it strange how the BBC seem to allow these kind of stories to fall off their main news.

I just switched on the BBC new at one and it wasn't even in the headlines, Trump, Drs strike, Hillsborough disaster, WHO Diabetes warning, Dog's to be chipped from today etc, not a thing about the Panama allegations.

Diddums · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:10

Of course not, the Beeb has their logo printed on the sole of their shoes for a reason

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:10

Arazi said:
I find it strange how the BBC seem to allow these kind of stories to fall off their main news.

I just switched on the BBC new at one and it wasn't even in the headlines, Trump, Drs strike, Hillsborough disaster, WHO Diabetes warning, Dog's to be chipped from today etc, not a thing about the Panama allegations.

In ye olde days...

"Todays news is tomorrows chip paper"

doodah · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:11

You should have seen the Daily Express, their front page had a huge "high energy" piece about Walnuts rather than this

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RaohNS · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:23

Arazi said:
I find it strange how the BBC seem to allow these kind of stories to fall off their main news.

I just switched on the BBC new at one and it wasn't even in the headlines, Trump, Drs strike, Hillsborough disaster, WHO Diabetes warning, Dog's to be chipped from today etc, not a thing about the Panama allegations.

Because its the BBC. They are linked with all these iniquities. Much like protests not being ignored despite thousands in attendance and Jimmy Saville

jimjamuk · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:43

Sorry yes £15 for a limited company (for some reason I thought it was more)

As for the BBC maybe its because theres no new news today on he subject. From what I heard the number of UK users of this company was really low so probably in the scheme of things not much more than a non event for the UK. round the rest of the world yeah theres probably some nice juicy stories

Rosbif · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:46

But so far what 'scandal' has come out of this? Ok, Camerons father had some kind of arrangement with this firm.

At this point, is there any evidence of tax evasion, I mean, exactly what IS the charge against him? Or anyone from the UK?

Maybe this information will come to light in due course, but unless there is some kind of huge smoking gun, why should anyone be surprised that this is falling to the back pages.

Where are the big huge juicy stories to be reporting on?

joeyjojo · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:49

Rosbif said:
Where are the big huge juicy stories to be reporting on?

IIRC the ICIJ won't have a full analysis until next month.

They've already been at it for a year, 11 million is a lot of documents.

Hambut_Bulge · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:59

Rosbif said:
But so far what 'scandal' has come out of this? Ok, Camerons father had some kind of arrangement with this firm.

At this point, is there any evidence of tax evasion, I mean, exactly what IS the charge against him? Or anyone from the UK?

Maybe this information will come to light in due course, but unless there is some kind of huge smoking gun, why should anyone be surprised that this is falling to the back pages.

Where are the big huge juicy stories to be reporting on?

The very point I, and others, made several pages ago...

UTmaniac · 6 Apr 2016 at 13:59

Biggest story I'm aware of so far is the Icelandic PM resigning, I'm still waiting to read about how most Buy To Let house owners used this scheme to fund their rental properties and prevent low earners from getting on the property ladder in the UK.

platypus · 6 Apr 2016 at 14:18

And who actually gives a toss what Camerons father did? There are questions about if it benefits the PM I suppose but it's not like he had any control over his fathers doings, is it?

inogen · 6 Apr 2016 at 14:32

platypus said:
And who actually gives a toss what Camerons father did? There are questions about if it benefits the PM I suppose but it's not like he had any control over his fathers doings, is it?

Erm, he's the Prime Minister. That alone puts him in the sort of position of privilege and power that means his family's affairs are of public interest.

Secondly, it doesn't matter that he wasn't in control of his "fathers doings", what's important is whether or not he's benefitted (and is still benefitting) from his father acting in way unbecoming of Cameron's political position.

His father left £2.7m in his will, of which Cameron got officially got £300k. What's happened to the rest of his father's estate? He had a £25m offshore investment fund and owned a £2.5m stately home in Aberdeenshire.

nine_tails · 6 Apr 2016 at 14:37

CREATIVE!11 said:

This.Is.Awesome!

RaohNS · 6 Apr 2016 at 14:39

inogen said:
Erm, he's the Prime Minister. That alone puts him in the sort of position of privilege and power that means his family's affairs are of public interest.

Secondly, it doesn't matter that he wasn't in control of his "fathers doings", what's important is whether or not he's benefitted (and is still benefitting) from his father acting in way unbecoming of Cameron's political position.

His father left £2.7m in his will, of which Cameron got officially got £300k. What's happened to the rest of his father's estate? He had a £25m offshore investment fund and owned a £2.5m stately home in Aberdeenshire.

That we know of

Rosbif · 6 Apr 2016 at 15:38

The only mildly interesting UK story so far, in my view, is this one http://www.theguardian.com/news/201...world-leaders-tycoons-secret-property-empires regarding how vast tracks of UK property is being bought anonymously by a wide range of foreign interests.

I say 'mildly' because frankly there is nothing new about this story, we've known for a long time that this has been going on.