Comments on: Gordon Brown in focus http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/09/23/gordon-brown-in-focus/ Richard Murphy on tax and corporate accountability Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:48:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tom the banker http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/09/23/gordon-brown-in-focus/#comment-190272 Tom the banker Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:45:57 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/09/23/gordon-brown-in-focus/#comment-190272 Carol, unfortunately I didnt get the chance. As you seem to have picked up on, economic inequality wasn't the prime focus anyway, with a much greater emphasis being placed on issues of discrimination. Top end inequality was touched on very briefly by EdM but there was certainly no discussion of tax reform. This despite the headline behind the meeting being the 85% Fabian poll result in favour of reducing inequality between rich and poor. Carol,

unfortunately I didnt get the chance. As you seem to have picked up on, economic inequality wasn’t the prime focus anyway, with a much greater emphasis being placed on issues of discrimination.
Top end inequality was touched on very briefly by EdM but there was certainly no discussion of tax reform. This despite the headline behind the meeting being the 85% Fabian poll result in favour of reducing inequality between rich and poor.

]]> By: Carol Wilcox http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/09/23/gordon-brown-in-focus/#comment-189500 Carol Wilcox Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:50:06 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/09/23/gordon-brown-in-focus/#comment-189500 Hi, Tom, interested to hear if you managed to get your question in. I didn't make it myself but wasn't sure if the 'equalities' of the fringe title was the sort of equality I was interested in anyway. Saw EdM at another fringe event today but didn't manage to get selected by chair Polly Toynbee - probably because she knew what I'd ask! Bumbled into an FT fringe on 'the City' yesterday evening - pity there weren't enough sceptics in the audience - Kitty Ussher, the Treasury bod on City matters, got off far too lightly. I've got a promise to go and see her - perhaps we can combine forces in some way - I represent the Labour Land Campaign but I also support TJN. Hi, Tom, interested to hear if you managed to get your question in. I didn’t make it myself but wasn’t sure if the ‘equalities’ of the fringe title was the sort of equality I was interested in anyway. Saw EdM at another fringe event today but didn’t manage to get selected by chair Polly Toynbee - probably because she knew what I’d ask!

Bumbled into an FT fringe on ‘the City’ yesterday evening - pity there weren’t enough sceptics in the audience - Kitty Ussher, the Treasury bod on City matters, got off far too lightly. I’ve got a promise to go and see her - perhaps we can combine forces in some way - I represent the Labour Land Campaign but I also support TJN.

]]> By: Tom the banker http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/09/23/gordon-brown-in-focus/#comment-187171 Tom the banker Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:16:50 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2007/09/23/gordon-brown-in-focus/#comment-187171 i have absolutely no doubt that Brown will have no intention of undertaking any confrontation with the corporate lobby and certainly not prior to a successful electoral approval of his premiership. However, im looking to forward to attending a fringe Fabian debate on inequality tomorrow evening , where I hope toy get the change to put your above point directly to Ed Millband. i have absolutely no doubt that Brown will have no intention of undertaking any confrontation with the corporate lobby and certainly not prior to a successful electoral approval of his premiership.
However, im looking to forward to attending a fringe Fabian debate on inequality tomorrow evening , where I hope toy get the change to put your above point directly to Ed Millband.

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