I guess it's time to mention that on Monday and Tuesday I will be blogging from the G8 summit at Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
I am one of a small team of bloggers that the IF campaign have asked to go to the summit.
Now I'm aware there have been criticism of the IF campaign - not least from trade unions. Some of those concerns I understand: I certainly ask for more than it does on tax, and will be when in Northern Ireland. Equally I know the problem of getting NGO coalition agreement on anything.
But what is, I think, beyond dispute is that tax is on the agenda at the G8 largely because of civil society efforts - because there is no way automatic information exchange, transparency, tax avoidance and country-by-country reporting would be there otherwise. IF members helped enormously in achieving that. And that's what I will be going to talk about.
I will be blogging for the IF@G8 site, but everything I do will also be coming out here.
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I haven’t been following the IF campaign, I’m ashamed to say but I assume the TUC criticisms relate to the need to focus on the austerity measures here. In reality aren’t both issues on the same spectrum and caused by the same corporate capture issues? can’t both things be shown to connect?
Be sure to declare any income/expenses generated while on the trip…
I won’t be paying them and will not be paid