Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

'You treated her like a piece of meat': Judge's fury as he jails trio of men who abducted girl, 13, and forced her to be their sex slave

Mohammed Sheikh, Hamza Ali and Suran Uddin convicted of trafficking and sex offences at Norwich Crown Court

Took vulnerable girl from streets of London to house in Ipswich, Suffolk,

Plied her with drugs and alcohol then repeatedly raped her for four days
Uddin jailed for 15 years, Sheikh for eight and Ali for five years today

cynic tou are the idiot full of shit a coward that is your family a load of cowards who left their country like scared sheep.
you should be ashamed of your colours

and to think my family died to save your country not run away like yours

Just pure greed with you Cynic.......spoon fed all your life and your going to do the same with your children.

Let them stand on their own 2 feet and by that I dont mean with a £500 grand cheque stuffed in their top pockets.

Make no wonder this country is in such a mess with your kind of thinking and morality.

Its just look after Nos 1 and F the rest.

Typical Thatcher thinking that.

Ah, looks like the early pub goers have taken a breather before the next session!

harry it is people like myself hat keeps the high street going
but never go into asian shops would sooner gowith out my choice
only go in pubs clubs bookies and good old english shops
they are clean .

Cyners,

In all seriousness, I'm not really the best person to ask about tax avoidance. Whilst evasion is clearly illegal and should be punished, I don't have any issues whatsoever with legitimate avoidance schemes.

Being morally reprehensible, I actually like to see legitimate avoidance schemes working in practice and actively encourage them. I applaud the guys who think them up.

As for their negative impact on the economy, that's nonsense. Firstly, it wouldn't be cost effective to try and close every loophole and the government would end up with serious egg on their faces if they tried, and secondly, the money lost through legitimate avoidance from top earners invariably goes back into the economy because the economy becomes more attractive as a result of allowing such legitimate schemes.

Look at it this way... Would you rather have a few bob from a high earner than nothing whatsoever if that party relocates to, say, Geneva? At the moment, the West End is awash with wealthy Chinese and Arab businessmen because it's a relatively attractive place to be.

i do wish the village idiot would either take his medication or stop cluttering up the board with his rubbish - or both!

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sticky - why are you so totally incapable of supporting your opinion with something sensible instead of a load of populist codswallop?

so far, you have said not one word about what you would actually DO to prevent what you perceive as tax avoidance abuses
furthermore, you seem to have a muddled view as to what is fair and allowable - i think, but it is not entirely clear, that you approve of pensions and isas being tax allowable but not where one should therefore draw the line; and don't forget the how either

thanks for your input hils
any thoughts as to whether or not the rules should be somehow tightened to stop at least some of the tax avoidance by multi-nationals? ...... how, would be even better!

No, why would you even want to stop it? If you discourage corporate avoidance and a large firm moves overseas, what impact would that have on employment and the revenue contributions of the employees. Worse still, the government might even incur welfare costs for the redundant workforce.

Tanker.....

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cynic tou are the idiot full of shit a coward that is your family a load of cowards who left their country like scared sheep.......ends.

Where did he run away from?????.

and a special for the village idiot ......

Archbishop Welby’s father, the late Gavin Bramhall James Welby, and his German–Jewish ancestry.

so i guess that makes the current archbishop of canterbury no better than an illegal immigrant - and he's got filthy, cowardly jewish blood too!

Tanker you their, where did he run away from????????????????????????????????.

I see no connection between tax avoidance and morality. To be honest, that includes tax evasion as well. If any particular government doesn't like what is going on then legislate against it and try and enforce the law.

Ohhhhhh my god at last the penny has dropped with hays.

Hays where did cynic run away from please???

Cynic....... where did you run away from?????????????????????????????????????

hopefully from the defense when i was playing club rugby :-)

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Ohhhhh thats enough cynic.

Their are women who post here and youve gone too far.

If you had any decency about you, youd remove that post.