Is Cameron the most stupid Prime Minister ever? Talk about leading with your chin.
However, for anyone enjoying the Labour Party's jeers be aware that these tax avoidance schemes have been in the news since not long after Labour came to power in 1997 and they didn't try too hard to stop them when they were in power.
I love a good story though and to be honest I was happy enough when Cam outed fake leftie Jimmy Carr was exposed for being the selfish hypocritical shit he clearly is but the report of the greedy bastard's pathetic apology when he realised his career was going down the pan was just the icing on the cake.
It got even better when Cam (presumably now having been told by his advisers to shush) refused to condemn Fake Twat's, Gary Barlow for seemingly doing exactly the same thing. Priceless!
Of course The front page of the Mirror is right it is a bit more serious than a one trick pony comedian and a fat pop star caught with their hands in the sweet jar but at least it's got the issue on all the front pages.
As far as Cam? First of all cheers for story. Secondly, methinks he's seriously misjudged the public mood in these "we're all in it together" times. His attack on Carr was obviously politically motivated given the ex-popular comedian's supposed left leanings. However, he doesn't/didn't realise that the overwhelming majority of people are repulsed by anybody playing the system to avoid paying their share, whatever their political persuasion in these most miserable times.
PS Nice read in yesterday's Guardian by fellow blogger, Robert Skidelsky - Return to capitalism 'red in tooth and claw' spells economic madness.
Happy days!
About the same time Cam was encouraging the French to avoid tax and come to the UK so is it only morally wrong to avoid tax if you are British? In the recent French presidential election London had more postal votes than Lyon so Cam's a bit behind the times anyway. As the French say, the more things change the more they stay the same!
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Have you give up writing your journal Mr Spence
ReplyDeleteApologies for late respose Steve, great shout! Didn't know that but could have guessed. I'm getting very tired of the hypocricy of both main parties on taxation to be honest. Controversial as it might seem I think the only party that are coming out of this Parliament with any credibility and I've never voted for them in my life are the Lib Dems. At least they've had a go. More on that later.
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