Cameron Tax Dodger

kinger101

chucknorris wrote: »

I did try and find out, but I gave up (admittedly not that long after I started looking), does anyone know exactly what Cameron did to avoid paying tax?

This is a good summary;

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01f5b790-fd9f-11e5-b5f5-070dca6d0a0d.html

But to answer your question in one word; nothing.

Thrugelmir

DiggerUK wrote: »

Conflict of interest is obviously a matter of no importance to many posting here. It should be a matter of honour for any politician, but it looks like venality trumps honour in this mans case..._

Cameron sold the entire holding in January 2010. So before he was elected PM. How far do want to go back in history in an attempt to paint a picture that fits your politics?

If Corbyn is leader elect at the next election. He's plenty of skeletons in the cupboard after all his years in politics.

.string.

michaels wrote: »

Am I misunderstanding. AFAIK using a company that is based outside the UK because the company has chosen to operate somewhere different for that company's tax reasons is what happens every time anyone makes a purchase from Amazon UK.

Many would argue that Amazon is avoiding taxes, few would claim that the person shopping from Amazon was doing so.

That's a very good point indeed; it's the same with any company which works somewhere because of that place's advantageous tax base. Ryan Air maybe? I'm taking a Ryan Air Flight tomorrow, who are based in Ireland I believe, so I suppose I benefit from that country's tax regime. Apologies to all those of the simple minded ya-boo persuasion.

Tromking

Some admirable rhetorical gymnastics in defence of 'Dodgy Dave' going on in this thread. ��

.string.

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Cameron sold the entire holding in January 2010. So before he was elected PM. How far do want to go back in history in an attempt to paint a picture that fits your politics?

If Corbyn is leader elect at the next election. He's plenty of skeletons in the cupboard after all his years in politics.

Corbyn has indeed a great deal he could be transparent about. For example, his relationship with the IRA. As indeed has McDonnell.

How about those two, in the interests of transparency, publish all correspondence and contacts between them and the IRA and other terrorist organisations. I would like to know, for example, what the last contact was and what was in it.

Now that is a subject I would like to see transparent, so we know where their true politics lie.

Meanwhile they conduct a slanderous campaign, innuendo after innuendo against the PM, over a matter which is vanishingly small in importance, if indeed it has any importance at all.

chucknorris

Tromking wrote: »

Some admirable rhetorical gymnastics in defence of 'Dodgy Dave' going on in this thread. ��

The mistake that you are making and letting yourself down (very badly), is that you are obviously a left winger, who is seething and jumping at the chance to get at Cameron for any reason whatsoever (right or wrong).

I would like to find out the actual facts are, and judge him on that, you are very unlikely to find anyone much more Tory voting inclined than me on this website. But do you think for one minute that I like everything about David Cameron?

For his stance on animals, i.e. fox hunting generally and bragging about killing two deer with one shot, I would love to step into a boxing ring with him and let him know how I feel about that.

dunstonh

Tromking wrote: »

Some admirable rhetorical gymnastics in defence of 'Dodgy Dave' going on in this thread. ��

Facts are not your strong point then.

Some people like to be aware and understand the facts. Others prefer to remain ignorant. Even if you don't support the Conservatives, you must surely see that the media attacks on the transactions are completely wrong. Or are you too far gone to the left to have a balanced view?

Tromking

chucknorris wrote: »

The mistake that you are making and letting yourself down (very badly), is that you are obviously a left winger, who is seething and jumping at the chance to get at Cameron for any reason whatsoever (right or wrong).

I would like to find out the actual facts are, and judge him on that, you are very unlikely to find anyone much more Tory voting inclined than me on this website. But do you think for one minute that I like everything about David Cameron?

For his stance on animals, i.e. fox hunting generally and bragging about killing two deer with one shot, I would love to step into a boxing ring with him and let him know how I feel about that.

If I recall correctly I voted for Cameron in 2010, although it was probably more to do with my weariness with Nu-Labour than an ideological liking for the chap and his party. He was back then a welcome antithesis to the Blair/Brown era. I have a healthy dislike for most politicians and find myself shouting at them on the TV regardless of their political hue. Jacob Rees-Mogg and John Mann are my type of politicians, so I`m no one-eyed left winger.
Despite my own personal situation deteriorating under six years of Cameron I do try and look at the bigger picture. Its just the more I get to know about Cameron the more I dislike him.

.string.

Tromking wrote: »

... Its just the more I get to know about Cameron the more I dislike him.

Fine, but chucknorris was talking about facts, not likes or dislikes.

Tromking

.string. wrote: »

Fine, but chucknorris was talking about facts, not likes or dislikes.

It's a fact that Cameron sought to obfuscate the political inconvenience of being the son of a wealthy tax avoiding Stockbroker is it not?