I come across the above phrase and others like it increasingly often these days. It is widely used in right wing libertarian commentary and increasingly openly as far as I can see and hear amongst Tories. What it means is that democracy is at fault in imposing the wish of the majority who vote for
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There has been an interesting outbreak of pragmatism that endorses tax haven behaviour on the blog and in the press this weekend, all of it the result of George Osborne’s Swiss tax deal. So let me be clear, of course we need tax havens. Without them we couldn’t: – undertake mass tax evasion – hide
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David Cameron said this: “For me the root cause of this mindless selfishness is the same thing I have spoken about for years: it is a complete lack of responsibility in parts of our society. “People allowed to feel that the world owes them something, that their rights outweigh their responsibilities and that their actions do
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It would seem I upset one of two people who thought they might be my friends in comments on the UK – Swiss tax deal. I’m not going to apologise. This was a ‘Marmite’ issue – you’re either for or against it. You either think letting tax criminals off whilst only paying a small part
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The Sovereign Society like the UK-Swiss tax deal. As regular promoters of tax haven abuse their endorsement (and the endorsement by Swiss bankers they quote) is sure indication that the Swiss and all who support tax haven privacy that permits tax evasion are sure they have pulled a fast one over H M Revenue & Customs, as unfortunately
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Christopher Leslie, Labour shadow Financial Secretary issued the following statement tongith on the UK – Swiss tax deal: “It is welcome that some of the money which is owed to the British taxpayer is being paid back. But there are real worries about the details. The Government should ensure that all those who have broken
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The Treasury press release on the Swiss deal is out. Dave Hartnett, de facto boss of HMRC whose fingers are very obviously all over this deal says of it: “The world has changed for tax evaders. A few years ago, nobody would have anticipated that we would conclude an agreement with Switzerland to tackle tax
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I’m proud to work with Christian Aid and to share this press release from them: The new tax deal between the UK and Switzerland amounts to collusion with criminality and will seriously damage poor countries’ attempts to collect the billions they lose to tax dodgers, Christian Aid is warning. ‘This deal makes it much less
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The UK – Swiss tax deal does not meet with my approval, as some will have noticed. The deal is outlined here. My objections are littered through the blogs preceding this one. But let’s stand back for a moment and consider why the UK have done this deal – uniquely (because it seems unlikely that the
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