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Originally Posted by Chris
Acknowledged. Nevertheless, you did start a thread focusing specifically on Ashcroft's tax status.
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It is not just JUST tax status though is it? It is the influence he has on the Tory party, his funding of marginal seats and the fact that he lied to the Tory leadership. Surely everyone can see the wrong in that, can't they?
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Originally Posted by Osem
...and still, so far as I'm aware, hasn't stated that Brown should take any action against the non-dom Lord Paul such as refusing his donations to the party or requiring him to change his status.
No, his demand for blood now seems to be based entirely on the assertion that Aschroft misled his Tory chums about his status and therefore Cameron should sack him for telling porkies. He states that non-doms shouldn't be able to fund political parties, yet where are his demands for the party in power to actually do something about it or even justify shelving changes in the law which would have precluded Paul, Ashcroft and all the others from so doing?
It wasn't long ago that New Labour supporters were telling us how wrong it was for Ashcroft to wield such influence yet legally avoid paying UK tax on large portions of his earnings, thereby depriving the Exchequer of much needed £££££s to be spent on schools, the NHS etc.. I'm not hearing that line so much now.... Funny how things change isn't it?...  |
As this thread is about Ashcroft, do you or do you not agree that his lies were wrong.
Oops, sorry I forgot, you haven't even acknowledged that he lied.