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.

Last night, MPs welcomed the apology, but said it should have come sooner and questioned whether he would now pay back the tax he managed to avoid through the Icebreaker scheme.
Tory MP Charlie Elphicke said: ‘There is no free pass for people who abuse our tax system. Increasingly they will be found out, have to pay their fair share and risk public anger to boot. It’s welcome to see Gary Barlow putting his hand up.
'But he could have held it up a little higher and sooner than he has.’
Labour MP John Mann added: ‘We all look forward to him confirming that he will pay back all the tax that he avoided.’


Many of Barlow’s fans reacted positively to his statement, with one saying: ‘You’re only human and we all make mistakes.’
But others questioned the timing of his apology. One said it was ‘hollow’ and ‘non-committal’, adding: ‘Only sorry coz [sic] he was named and shamed. Timing is to drum up interest for upcoming album. Cynical.’ Another added: ‘I wasn’t offended by the stories, I was offended by you not paying tax, Gary. Because I have a moral compass.’
Barlow’s investment in Icebreaker was first revealed in 2012. This year, a tax judge decided it was ‘known and understood by all concerned to be a tax avoidance scheme’.
It allowed the Take That members to avoid tax on around £63million made through world tours and CD sales.
There is no suggestion that the other band members, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams, invested in the Icebreaker schemes.


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Ashya King: Hampshire Police refuse to name officer behind arrest warrant


http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ashya-king-hampshire-police-refuse-to-name-officer-behind-arrest-warrant-9711691.html


surprise surprise

helo helo helo.

Clare Campbell ‏ Sep 4
#indyref

Sorry, but I must ask, how long is their winter?

Fishfinger,

Maybe you should remind Clare that, to get that great quality of life, she'll be paying some of the highest taxes on the planet, that her winters are some of the most miserable on the planet, that the Swedes are just about the sickest race on the planet, and that Sweden has a higher immigration problem than the UK. 15% of Swedish residents are foreign nationals, and, in some suburbs, up to 80% are 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants - that's what the high taxation is paying to support. And here's a picture of the great life that Swedes living in Stockholm get to enjoy:



But I'm sure Tanker would like it there.

Blockade Calais, mayor urges townsfolk as anger rises at migrant crisis

Lack of food and shelter fuels ever more desperate attempts to reach UK and sparks call for Cameron to act



Alexandra Topping in Calais


The Guardian, Thursday 4 September 2014 19.59 BST



http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/04/migrants-calais-desperate-attempts-reach-britain

Hairy one, are you an emigrant?

Has this CALAIS stuff just taken off again , or is it just the Press picking up on it again. I think those Afgans in the container may be the reason . They should have gone straight back , but have applied for Asylum, sounds harsh but this is going to get very bad.

Something for you to look forward to when you return to the UK!

I thought Sweden they had one of the highest suicide rates in Europe ?

The Greens Committee will be going nuts .

Yep Hilary, but the Birds are the sexiest on the planet and arent slow at coming forward.

Alders yep you are right its all that sex they get , they are totaly shag-ed out most of the time LOL, nope I hear its because its mostly light all year round, some how it depresses human beings.

PS, looks like I missed the Scottish yes vote off Clares tweet, sorry about that, it was probably saying this is how Scotland COULD BE if you vote yes.

yes just checked on twitter, she had it in a small caption.

Should have used Spec Savers.

Why would anyone with even half a brain cell store naughty pictures of themselves on a remote computer?




Apple tightens iCloud security after celebrity nude photo hack


Alerts about suspicious access to be sent and two-factor authentication promoted after pictures were stolen from accounts



Reuters in Australia


theguardian.com, Friday 5 September 2014 06.40 BST





Sorry saga here: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/05/apple-tightens-icloud-security-after-celebrity-nude-photo-hack

this is clearly the very silly season as this discussion went round and round and round a couple of months back ......

legal tax avoidance
HMRC is not remotely interested in morals or morality

if legal tax avoidance is legal, then it is a personal choice as to whether or not you pour your money down the gov't's throat, or avail yourself of those permissions and give it to your children, battersea dog's home or whatever

if you don't like the legal tax avoidance currently in place then become an activist and vote to change it