Zahawi sacked

Tories are like a gift that keeps giving.

Good job they are the only party who can be trusted with the econom... oh wait. What? The IMF say our economy is a dud. The Tories lied again.

Crooked clowns should be run of politics forever.
 
Tories are like a gift that keeps giving.

Good job they are the only party who can be trusted with the econom... oh wait. What? The IMF say our economy is a dud. The Tories lied again.

Crooked clowns should be run of politics forever.

If anyone believed the Tories are the only party good with the economy, they will not believe the predictions of the IMF.
 
In more disturbing news the tories are refusing to publish a report on school buildings which, apparently, described some schools as "life threatening". If you are not outraged by this there is something wrong with you, irrespective of the colour of your rosette.
Maybe this is what it will take for people to wake up. Another Aberfan. I hope not.
 
Maybe this is what it will take for people to wake up. Another Aberfan. I hope not.
I did see something yesterday about changing attitudes to brexit. It was a mori poll I believe. In any event it suggested 2 things. Firstly that those most behind brexit, the red wall essentially, have shifted completely realising that they are being damaged more than most. Secondly, brexit is unlikely to influence voting intentions at the next election.

These are 2 issues the tories have to address to stay relevant at the next election and they obviously are not.
 
You have to pass a threshold for criminal proceedings to start. HMRC have said that threshold wasn't passed.

It's not true to suggest anyone else would be prosecuted. They usually are not. You really have to willfully try to hide money from HMRC. He didn't hide it, it was all in his groups accounting. It was actually reported on prior to HMRC getting involved as it was public.

That's essentially why he isn't being prosecuted. Not defending zahawi, but HMRC. Now there's a sentence I never thought I would say.
The threshold is too low then. There has to be a point where large-figure tax avoidance done in the wrong way, where tax should be liable, is seen as "more wrong" legally, than say tax evasion of tiny sums.

Anyone else could be prosecuted and would probably have more likelihood of prosecution if they did not have the same influence, or didn't have the means to set up tax avoidance structures offshore.

If it's a ~27m transaction, then the likelihood this isn't exactly small fry, compared to the rest of his finances, it's probably the most major transaction he has in the last however many years. So, this makes it the most important transaction. His accountant should have checked that from the off, multiple times, at senior level, and will have known exactly what they were doing, and there would have been conversations about it, so Zahawi will have been fully aware also (as he will have instructed it). It's not like a £1m turnover company putting through a possibly half-dodgy fuel receipt for £50. Or missing out a grand on a VAT return as they cocked up their spreadsheet.

You don't set up an offshore company (Gibraltar) carelessly, and you're only doing that for one reason, tax avoidance. You don't move personal shares to that company carelessly. You don't throw your weight around to try and shut people up who mention it, unless you've got something to hide. HMRC probably started investigating this years ago, and during his time as chancellor, which is ludicrous. It's only come to light as they knew the game was up. It's like a guy holding his hands up after getting out of the car, after robbing the bank and the 25 mile car chase.

He's also lying when he keeps saying "I got my tax right", by negotiating and accepting the fine, he's accepting he's wrong. What he did wrong, was setting up the offshore company (set up to doge tax) and then moving shares into that which had tax due, and you don't get that wrong on a 27m transaction. It's not careless, not at that level, it's 100% intentional.
 
In more disturbing news the tories are refusing to publish a report on school buildings which, apparently, described some schools as "life threatening". If you are not outraged by this there is something wrong with you, irrespective of the colour of your rosette.
A poor girl has already lost her life in Newcastle because the school grounds weren’t maintained despite a tree being flagged as a risk years ago.
 
In more disturbing news the tories are refusing to publish a report on school buildings which, apparently, described some schools as "life threatening". If you are not outraged by this there is something wrong with you, irrespective of the colour of your rosette.
I worked a lot on school buildings between 2007-2016, and (just in one singular borough) the condition generally was appalling. Absolutely zero investment between 1979-1997 left the buildings in very poor condition, asbestos ridden, leaking roofs, cold, damp, poor ventilation and dingy. Our client spent millions every year just to patch the buildings up. Some we managed to improve massively, some a bit. The funding pretty much ran out 2012-13 so add another 10 years of neglect to schools.......that didn't switch to academy status........shudder to think what a lot are like now

This will be replicated in hundreds of LAs throughout the country........but as they are not private schools the Tories do not give one sh*t, and indeed suits their Modus operandi of keeping the plebs in the gutter, uneducated, starved of opportunities and ultimately living life as plebs.

And people still defend them .......😬😬
 
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