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Topic History of: Maria Miller resignation
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andrew |
Bit like dole cheats then ITK. |
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In The Know |
Gnomo wrote:
Agreed JK - I would have thought everyone would agree that minimising the tax you pay, by legal means, was a perfectly normal and responsible thing to do.
Do people actually realise that Miller's "errors" were PRIOR to 2009 when the system was shaken-up (because no one could understand it) ?
As soon as the error was pointed out she repaid the money. |
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
Gnomo wrote:
Agreed JK - I would have thought everyone would agree that minimising the tax you pay, by legal means, was a perfectly normal and responsible thing to do. However, we seem to have entered a 'neverland' phase where it is considered morally wrong and scandalous to actively pursue tax avoidance.
This has been entirely managed by the Media especially the Daily Mail, which is amusing since Viscount Harmsworth has done everything (legal) to avoid paying tax - he has Non-Domicile tax status and owns the Daily Mail and other media businesses through a complex structure of offshore holdings and trusts which means he pays almost no UK tax on his income, investments or wealth.
They don't run that story though!
Have I misunderstood what happened,Gnomo?  I thought Maria Miller had gone beyond (perfectly reasonable) tax avoidance and broke the law? |
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Gnomo |
Agreed JK - I would have thought everyone would agree that minimising the tax you pay, by legal means, was a perfectly normal and responsible thing to do. However, we seem to have entered a 'neverland' phase where it is considered morally wrong and scandalous to actively pursue tax avoidance.
This has been entirely managed by the Media especially the Daily Mail, which is amusing since Viscount Harmsworth has done everything (legal) to avoid paying tax - he has Non-Domicile tax status and owns the Daily Mail and other media businesses through a complex structure of offshore holdings and trusts which means he pays almost no UK tax on his income, investments or wealth.
They don't run that story though! |
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Mr Reason |
The media are indeed involved, and when it suits are abbetted by the opposition or the Government depending upon which 'scandal or scent of blood' they are sniffing.................
....my point is, next time either side cry foul over the wretched media, they need to look at themselves and remember their own complicity when it suited them :0) |
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