They are not. They are trying to score points off it

Because they think it plays well in terms of painting the Tories as greedy toffs. If they were genuinely taking a stand then fair enough but this is just electioneering and hypocritical as well.

I would wager that more tax avoidance schemes have been closed down under the coalition than were under the previous labour governments.

Posted By: Jim on February 13th 2015 at 08:31:19

Message Thread

Rofl at Miliband and this "tax avoidance" nonsense (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 07:04:49
- Milibland. (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 13, 09:40:50
  - vmt (n/m) (NCFC) - Bungle, Feb 13, 09:46:00
- He is pathetic, real shame the Labour Party rules allowed him to get nominatedas leader (NCFC) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Feb 13, 08:23:51
  - Yeah, it's the wrong Milliband, Gromit. (NCFC) - Bungle, Feb 13, 08:26:01
- Most tax avoidance shouldn't be legal. That's the point (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 13, 08:21:05
  - Jesus! Another 'war and peace post' to make a simple (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 13, 09:35:06
    - Point (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 13, 09:35:17
      - 👉 (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 13, 11:50:11
  - Same as it ever was (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 13, 09:28:35
  - and in respect of all of those failings (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 13, 09:27:13
  - Excellent post (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Feb 13, 09:17:38
  - Do you not have better things to do that continually write essays on here? (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Feb 13, 09:15:16
    - someone has to tell us how to think (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 13, 09:21:14
  - Good Stuff. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Feb 13, 08:36:33
  - Trying to be clever with big posts no one reads ^^^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - trianglepatch, Feb 13, 08:32:59
    - Here's a shorter post for you you fucking prick (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 13, 08:38:18
      - Tis disgraceful, the system is now setup to make people fail and punish the vulnerable... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 10:14:48
  - They are not. They are trying to score points off it (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 08:31:19
    - You are spot on with your last point in particular jim (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 08:53:17
      - For every loophole the Tories have closed.. (NCFC) - colincanary, Feb 13, 10:47:56
        
        That's not true. (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 11:22:49
      - But i would add that it's also part of the cycle of the economy (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 09:01:01
    - The Tories ARE greedy toffs. They prove it repeatedly (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 13, 08:33:26
      - And labour are huge hypocrites who ruin the country every time (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 08:36:31
        
        Oh, really? I see. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 13, 08:48:55
        
        I hardly think you can just strip out the effect of the recession (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 09:15:38
        
        calm down lad (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 13, 08:53:55
        
        :) I'm giggling now (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 13, 08:55:41
        
        yep (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 13, 08:56:58
        
        And who will probably oversee the ruin/ break up of the uk for good if (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 08:37:17
        
        I'd vote for them if they could guarantee the break up of the UK (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 13, 08:48:48
  - Too many words (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 08:24:20
    - shame really as there's some valid points in amongst the preachy hyperbole (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 13, 08:30:41
      - I'll always get angry about this, sorry. Injustice makes me angrier than anything else (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 13, 08:32:08
        
        I welcome your anger and an argument against the bullshit I've read in the rest of this th (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 13, 08:44:25
        
        I give more of a sh*t about that than I do some people trying (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 08:35:34
        
        You think, in a country with the worst level of social mobility in the Western world (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Feb 13, 08:51:39
        
        Yes I do. Seems that whilst we agree on most things Norwich City related (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 09:13:35
        
        that's not true is it? worse than the us of yank? nah (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 13, 09:13:07
        
        actually the united kingdom of england is betterer than the yank and swedens and finlands (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 13, 09:25:44
        
        and we rank 4th in the world at entrepreneurship opportunities* (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 13, 09:36:17
        
        Don't worry, were working on that. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 13, 09:35:53
        
        hurry up (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 13, 09:38:43
        
        Well, they say judge a country by how it treats it's weakest don't they? (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 08:45:47
        
        Do we? (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 08:50:56
- Indeed. Tax avoidance is ok. It's evasion that's illegal. They should concentrate (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Feb 13, 08:08:28
  - Companies only doing what the law permits. All this (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 08:18:44
    - Politicians will NEVER alter the tax laws to the extent (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Feb 13, 10:21:42
- Let's have a Farrage v Millipede debate. (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Feb 13, 08:04:39
- his target audience won't understand the distinction though (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 13, 07:36:17
  - That's abit patronising tbf, it's morally wrong which ever way you look at it. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 08:27:58
    - Holding an ISA is morally wrong? Really? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 13, 09:16:37
  - True. Maybe its calculated on that basis but (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 13, 07:39:57
    - Plus aren't a lot of people that would traditionally be labour voters cash in hand types? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 08:16:27
      - "far bigger cost" - any figures to back that up? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 13, 08:23:40
        
        Good article: (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 09:05:50
        
        One more: (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 09:12:02
        
        Does it matter? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 13, 08:45:54
    - Vimto (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Feb 13, 08:09:47

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