islandgun Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) Socialism ....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58780559 £30 mil Edited October 3, 2021 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 how he and donald trump have managed to avoid untimely death is totally beyond me.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 35 minutes ago, islandgun said: Socialism ....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58780559 £30 mil There is only one thing worse than ‘A Socialist’ it’s a ‘Champagne Socialist’ The problem is if you have the money you can avoid paying tax. The worst thing is they have not done anything illegal. So why shouldn’t they if the system allows it !- she was the brains of the pair ! Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 I'd put nothing past that man. He'd take his mother's last penny if it was "legal" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Hello, not forgetting their country house in Buckinghamshire , Wealthy Socialist are much like Conservatives never care about the working class even less the unemployed and low payed now loosing £20 a week benefit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 10 hours ago, islandgun said: Socialism ....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58780559 £30 mil I had thought this or a similar seeming method was long made "illegal"? By George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer? Buying a company for £XXX to avoid paying Stamp Duty as that company owned a house worth £YYY and in buying the company you also got the house as it was owned by that company you'd just purchased? And that the cahnge was made some time ago? This: Quote Money's too tight to mansion... As was widely expected, George Osborne announced measures in the 2012 Budget that will affect those owning high-value homes (worth £2 million or more). The changes focus on introducing new and increased rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and also on preventing avoidance of SDLT by putting homes into off-shore corporate envelopes. The SDLT changes may help fund some tax cuts, and address what Mr Osborne referred to as morally repugnant aggressive tax avoidance. Or as the press put it: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2644997/New-door-mansion-tax-celebrities-Mick-Jagger-Bob-Geldof-puts-extra-210million-Britains-coffers.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 all perfectly legal and above board, and no different to what many others have done in all probability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisv Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1021668/Tony-Blair-took-300-000-mortgage-constituency-house-worth-just-150-000.html Not sure we could all have started a property empire with funding from the taxpayer though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Hello, just because it's legal does not make it right , and I am sure millions in UK would agree, even Labour supporters 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, not forgetting their country house in Buckinghamshire , Wealthy Socialist are much like Conservatives never care about the working class even less the unemployed and low payed now loosing £20 a week benefit Sadly old bean, it matters not what colour politico, they are mostiy all avaricious to the same degree? Unfailingly taking from others of lesser circumstance? Because they can? Sickening really to live in a country so misshapen that people in employment can't afford to pay their basic bills and buy food? Something is seriously wrong? Tin hat on and not giving a fig about contrary opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Quote....No laws were broken in buying the Harcourt Street office but Mr Blair had previously been critical of tax loopholes, once saying "the tax system is a haven of scams, perks, City deals and profits". Loopholes he is more than happy to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Vince Green said: all perfectly legal and above board, and no different to what many others have done in all probability The thing is, it's against the spirit of the law and the purpose it was intended for. One can only assume, it's a loop hole left open on purpose so the big boys club can keep the trough overflowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 On the subject of Blair. Last week, during the Labour party conference, our good friends, the BBC were criticised for not mentioning some Gov't policies re various ongoing issues and replied it was because "during party political conferences - we try not to broadcast party issues relating to the non-conferencing parties" This week, during the Tory party conference, what do we have on day one in the prime BBC slot at 21:00 on BBC 2 - "Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 5 hours ago, JohnfromUK said: On the subject of Blair. Last week, during the Labour party conference, our good friends, the BBC were criticised for not mentioning some Gov't policies re various ongoing issues and replied it was because "during party political conferences - we try not to broadcast party issues relating to the non-conferencing parties" This week, during the Tory party conference, what do we have on day one in the prime BBC slot at 21:00 on BBC 2 - "Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution" Hello, I see that , but hey I will be watching BBC 1 , had enough of these 2 when in government, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 12 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, not forgetting their country house in Buckinghamshire , Wealthy Socialist are much like Conservatives never care about the working class even less the unemployed and low payed now loosing £20 a week benefit Very true. Power corrupts, but he didn’t have the greatest morals to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 I'm not angry Tony, just disappointed 😏. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 19 hours ago, mel b3 said: I'm not angry Tony, just disappointed 😏. You should not be the mans a spiv, barrow by costermonger if you get my meaning. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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