Boris tells the Americans to Yank Off

[Russ]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...ohnson-4665328

Finally something he's done that I can applaud him for.

[Stuart]

Funny how they they are chasing him, when they owe £7m in unpaid congestion charge bills which they won't pay because they call it a tax.

[Osem]

I'll be forever grateful to Boris for ensuring that Ken Livingstone has been kept out of office since 2008.

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Originally Posted by Stuart

Funny how they they are chasing him, when they owe £7m in unpaid congestion charge bills which they won't pay because they call it a tax.

How unlike Americans to want to have their cake and eat it...
If they're claiming Boris should respect their rules maybe they should respect ours.

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Osem

I'll be forever grateful to Boris for ensuring that Ken Livingstone has been kept out of office since 2008.

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How unlike Americans to want to have their cake and eat it...
If they're claiming Boris should respect their rules maybe they should respect ours.

They are respecting INTERNATIONAL law, which says that embassies and their diplomats don't pay taxes in the country they are based, eg UK.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by nomadking

They are respecting INTERNATIONAL law, which says that embassies and their diplomats don't pay taxes in the country they are based, eg UK.

They're the ones calling it a tax.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_congestion_charge

Interesting that 99/128 embassies pay the 'tax' with the US being the biggest offender of the rest which you'd expect given the scale of their embassy etc.

[Gary L]

Johnson, who is bidding to return to parliament at the next general election and has been tipped to replace David Cameron as leader if the Tories lose power,

LOL can you imagine that?