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im saying we focus on individual held up as examples, rather than tens or hundreds of thousands (millions in the case of ISAs) who are doing the same quietly, within the system. there are whole industries that avoid taxes but we dont criticise them at all. just wealthy individuals. i don't...

there is. if you have paid tax in one domicile the agreed rules are that you dont pay again if you repatriate the money. as long as its legitimate in how the money was booked in the off shore in the first place (which is where a good deal of the ambiguity comes from). this is common for...

23million is about half the adult population. half of the adult population invest in something that has no purpose other than to avoid some tax. if you avoid a tax, that's tax avoidance, doesn't matter if the mechanism is provided by the government or not. do so illegally and that's evasion...

ah, dont address the point, play the man instead of the ball. 23million people have ISAs, then theres pensions, cash in hand jobs, booze cruises. every contractor i know uses an umbrella company paying them a dividend instead of full pay and a whole bunch of expenses goes through the books...

i think it is entirely about the legality/illegality. if donor has evaded tax and paying in to a party, that's bad. if they haven't then whats the issue? you may not like deep pocketed donors giving to a party, that's the system we have until we have limits on donations. something i think...

...a list of people who have held a Swiss bank account. as far as i know, there is no actual concrete claim that any of them have evaded tax (they are not among the 1100 that have been chased up for taxes due). there is an inference that anyone using a Swiss account is upto no good, but...

im raising my eye brow, he's earning £150m a year? i can see why you'd want someone like that around as treasurer. looking forward to see if Miliband calls his bluff and makes the statement in public.