That’s a bit rich
In the UK, you can cheat on taxes via offshore scams exploiting legislative loopholes left specifically open by parliament so “wealth creators” could exploit them – until a celebrity like Jimmy Carr gets caught using them and thus it becomes a headline that the great unwashed are likely to read (and be cross about).
Cue loophole closed down, a new loophole opened, and plenty of diversionary media stories spin-doctored about benefits scroungers bringing the nation to its knees.
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The remarkable thing about all these “wealth creators” is the only wealth they ever appear to create is for themselves.
Mark Boyle
Linn Park Gardens
Johnstone
How very sweet of the Liberal Democrats to be talking about imposing an “emergency tax” on the super-rich until the worst of the economic crisis is over.
Frankly, they can say what they like but they clearly have no influence over their Conservative bosses.
DAVE ASHFORD
Dalziel Place
Edinburgh