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9th February 2015, 10:03 AM
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BBC1 8-30 tonight Panorama.THE BANK OF TAX CHEATS. How HSBC has helped wealthy customers avoid paying tax.
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jim.B.
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9th February 2015, 10:28 AM
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Brian will be in for one hell of a shock when he returns from his latest jaunt.
Tory flags flying at half mast. Prisons bursting at the seams with tax avoiders, hedge fund managers and bent bankers. The House of Lords consigned to the history books. Arther Scargill declared a saint by the Pope.
Things can only get better.
No worries Louis,
The Black Flag of Isl am will be flying over Downing street in 20 years, so all our problems will be solved.
Get your prayer mat ordered now, Cappy has a warehouse full of them.
Es salaam u-alakum
Brian.
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9th February 2015, 10:40 AM
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I see that Ed Ballsbag is to be questioned about the Tax Dodgers as he was the CITY MINISTER responsible at the time, 2005 to 2007.
Be interesting to see how he wriggles out of that one.
Does no one understand, it does not matter who is in, They are all BENT.
Would any of you buy a second hand car off any of them??..
Then Miliband the dum dum is now saying all fathers must have Four weeks Paid Paternity leave when the wife has a baby.
Has he thought it out??
WHO PAYS FOR THIS,???
The employers will have to find more money to pay someone, to do his job, increasing costs, the costs will be passed on to the consumer, People will whinge that prices will be going up.
The new fathers will be in the alehouse every afternoon,
The first people who will get redundancies will be married men who are within a child producing age,
That daft idea of his, which is only a Vote getter will cause a lot more misery.
The man is a Loon.
Cheers
Brian
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9th February 2015, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by
Jim Brady
BBC1 8-30 tonight Panorama.THE BANK OF TAX CHEATS. How HSBC has helped wealthy customers avoid paying tax.
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jim.B.
its a good way to get a knighthood jim run HSBC and the powers that knew about him and the scams they were pulling??? jp
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9th February 2015, 11:14 AM
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Samantha Cameron, wife of Dave, daughter of Lady Astor, works for a tax avoider who has his tax affairs based in Luxemburg.
While we have post after post about benefit claimants who may or may not be fiddling a few quid those at the top of the tree are ripping off millions.
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9th February 2015, 11:16 AM
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This paternity leave has got tobe the most stupidest idea ever thought of I had to save my holidays for my wife going into hostpital for the birth.As it stands I believe only 1% of fathers take it up.The maternity leave was 6 months you had to give the woman her job back if she so wished it. You are in a position were you advertise the job but you have to tell the applicant that it may only be for 6 months whilst the current girl is on maternity leave so not many interested.
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Jim.B.
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9th February 2015, 11:48 AM
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I see now some of the posts have already started to question the fact that coming out of the EU may affect them untowardly. If the UK stays in the present set up you can be assured your national sovereignty will cease to exist before not too long. The CBI is going to say what it does, it has no alternative it got a lot of businesses entrenched in bad laws that were made with their aiding and abetting the terrible twins who signed everything going, with their intelligence rating probably thought they were signing someones autograph book. They signed it away without consulting the country. One should think very careful of what they expect for the green fields and pastures of the UK, this will be the one and only shot you will get at it. If I was still voting and many more I assume would not be voting for any of the major parties. They had their chance and dipped out, labour more so than the ones with blue ties and 500 guinea suits. Best of British luck on polling day maybe your one vote might just tip the scales. Cheers JS
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9th February 2015, 12:27 PM
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#46... Jim see Brussels has told the UK that they have to abide by the EU rules and all train line gauges have to be standardized to European measurements, also speeds have to be sign posted in the metric system. That should keep a few unwanted immigrants in work for a while at the taxpayers expense of course. There will be numerous demands even more so than usual from Brussels if the status of Britain remains the same after the election. Be prepared for a rough ride accompanied of course by all the excuses of your present politicians coming from the bars in Westminster, that their hands are tied. They should be blindfolded as well and given their last cigarette if they smoked, some of them. As to 6 months maternity leave, we have something similar out here but not sure as seeing some of the legislation now and in the pipeline, shudder, people are not going to be living breathing working units before too long, just so many units to move on a chess board. How people survived in the past I just don't know. Cheers John S
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9th February 2015, 12:37 PM
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Miliband has said There will be NO referendum on Europe. What is he ???? some kind of Dictator already and Not even in power yet. Balls , with the intelligence of a rat also said No referendum.
These are people? whose only ability in life is to tell lies without laughing and people still believe in them.
Cameron promised a referendum last time and then forgot what he said ,
But at least he has promised again there will be one in 2017, as he has a load of back benchers forcing him.
That is far better than NO Referendum at all.
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. Just been listening in Miliband on the Jeremy Vine show , Vine tied him up in knots, he spoke a load of rubbish and tried always NOT TO answer questions. It was just a daft comedy show, couldn't stop laughing at his stupid answers.
He proved himself to be a convincing Liar.
But that will not affect all the Mozzies around here voting Labour.
Brian
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9th February 2015, 12:37 PM
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In the post re; my mothers cousin the MP it mentions about a policeman approaching the high rip gang and taking on "their best" and beating him,yes the policemen in those days were all hard men "all brawn and no brains" it was said.The story go's in the same area of Liverpool,a donkey dropped dead on Scotland Road on a street corner.A policeman arrived and gets his notebook out,what is the name of this street he enquired to the bystanders,it's Dalrymple Street he is told,what is the name of the next street he asked,thats Kew Street sir,with that he half picked up the donkey and dragged it along to Kew Street were he then filled out his notes..
Regards.Jim.B.
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