I am delighted that readers of Left Foot Forward voted Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, their 'progressive of the year'.
As Left Foot Forward have said in their citation:
Caroline Lucas MP, leader of the Green party. Caroline, in addition to her party's primary mission on the environment, has taken the lead on tackling the scandal of the rich and super-rich avoiding and evading tax, an issue back in the headlines this week with the exposing of HMRC's deals with big businesses.
In March, she tabled a new Tax and Financial Transparency Bill in Parliament, saying urgent measures were needed to stop companies that are formally dissolved from trading fraudulently and undermining honest businesses who pay their taxes. More here and here.
I'm also pleased to note that the Bill in question was based on the findings of my work, which Caroline assisted. She though was the MP with the courage to carry it through. We need more MPs like Caroline Lucas.
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As I’ve said in an earlier post, on the basis of her track record, especially in this Parliament, Caroline Lucas in the one I would like to see in Number 10 NOW. She would really – to use the American phrase – “whip ass”, just as Margaret Thatcher did, but in the proper direction (180 degrees turn) and with the proper approach (compassion – for the dispossessed; care – for the planet; concern – for an achievable, sustainable fair future for all).
The 2 Ed’s have SO far to go to catch up, to enable a Red-Green coalition; and if they don’t come up to the mark, then we must campaign for a Green administration. We do indeed need more MP’s like her.
This shoulfn’t even be an issue. All that is required is that the HMRC do its job properly, that is, the kob it is supposed to be doing.
Why do MP’s have to fight in order to get a government department to do its job properly?
Perhaps they should call tax dodgers benefit cheats. There would be swift action then.
What action would you expect from a bunch of expenses cheats, who line-up to receive hand-outs from the companies that have funded them and their party ?
Benefits cheats sells papers.
Tax avoiders doesn’t.
Bearing in mind that modern banking is not even slightly removed from theft and fraud ?
As for a Red/Green alliance…..Labour has already indicated, through the refusal to ally with the Lib-Dems, that sharing power is not one of their options.
Given the significant right-leaning press (on the edge of fascism) I think that a Reg/Green alliance would have only one paper going for it…well, maybe two if you count the Guardian.