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.

Fred .............Brown.

Lining up for the job once MrEd loses.....



David Miliband Hints At A Return To Politics

Ed Miliband's brother, a former foreign secretary, suggests his job as head of an NGO is good experience for a future in politics.



06:45, UK,
Saturday 13 December 2014






David Miliband has hinted he is intending to return to front line politics after a hiatus which followed his brother winning the Labour leadership.


The former foreign secretary has said he "passionately" wants Labour to win the general election and said his brother Ed would make a good prime minister.

He said current Labour leader has "the clarity, the vision, the determination".

When the Financial Times asked him about his own ambitions, he suggested the experience he has gained in his current job as head of NGO International Rescue Committee in New York could be useful for any future political career.



More guff here:http://news.sky.com/story/1391229/david-miliband-hints-at-a-return-to-politics

Government drops plans to criminalise offshore tax evasion
HM Revenue & Customs omits a measure from the Finance Bill that would have made failure to declare offshore income a criminal offence.

by Jun Merrett on Dec 12, 2014 at 10:24



HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) plan to make undeclared taxable offshore income a criminal offence has suffered a blow as it has been omitted from draft legislation.

The draft Financial Bill, published earlier this week, extended the scope of civil penalties for tax evasion but there was no reference to making failure to declare taxable offshore income and gains a criminal offence.

This has caused tax experts to believe the government has put the proposal on the ‘back burner’, according to the Financial Times.

In August HMRC said it was looking to make tax evasion a criminal offence. Currently not declaring taxable offshore income and gains is a civil offence.

Ray McCann, partner at Pinsent Masons told the Financial Times: ‘I think that the proposal is now likely to quietly disappear. There is no substance to it.’

Instead the government is considering other measures, including enhancing financial incentives for those who provide information on offenders and extend the existing offshore penalty regime to inheritance tax and domestic offences.

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john braceDec 12, 2014 at 18:47
Another big speech down the pan - why do we listen any more?

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uncommercialDec 13, 2014 at 07:29
So if you cheat society in a small way through the benefit system, you go to prison. Do it in a big way through offshore finance, and you don't.

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Anonymous 1 needed this 'off the record'Dec 13, 2014 at 09:03
So white collar crime, obviously by political friends, is acceptable, like expense cheats and tax evaders, but we must still pursue the little guys? Why?

Is party of Confidence Tricksters hoping to expand their coffers, before May?

Jim Murphy has been elected as Scottish Labour party leader. The Labour party is not going to be pleased. They wanted anyone but him. He is a New Labour Blairite.

HAYS your>>>>>>>>>>>>SLEAZY, SLEAZY.

Sleazy sounds quite nice.

Haze,

You are posting rubbish once again.

Murphy has appeal to the core labour voters in Scotland.

As a group Scottish Labour party will vote with the "main" UK labour on major issues.

Also, he may attract dissident Labour in Scotland back to the fold.

I don't know how old you are, but your opinions are clouded more and more by indoctrinated ideological beliefs. (Signs of early senility.)

Haystack is correct, the unions said weeks ago that they didn't want Murphy. The unions wanted Findlay.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK!

SIR FRED THE RED ARISE!!!

"I don't know how old you are, but your opinions are clouded more and more by indoctrinated ideological beliefs. (Signs of early senility.)"

Fred did you actually keep a straight face when uttering those immortal words whilst staring directly into a mirror?

Who were the comments directed at?

You Hays. Classic Fred :0)

OK. Then he is wasting his time as I have filtered him months ago.

BBC QT audience member who attacked Russell Brand is UKIP MEP’s brother

So what

52953 - i wonder why; indeed, i thought it was already a criminal offense for surely you can be sent to jail for same if you don't pay the thumping fine with which you'ld be clobbered


52946 - surely the audiences for these sort of progs is always seeded or at least, the pals of the panel must surely get first pick of the tickets up to a certain number

It doesn't really matter that the brother of a UKIP MP was in the audience. It is however, nice to know as his opinions and outbursts can be safely ignored. He did seem to be somewhat of an ignorant lout, so it is nice know the reason why. His silly point of asking why Russell Brand does not stand for parliament should have been a clue to his intellect. He implied that anyone who does not want to be an MP cannot hold strong opinions.

Perhaps, he is an old Etonian friend of yours!

Why doesent Brand stand for parliament?


it would be a good test of his popularity...real popularity, to see how many twitarse peeps he could actually persuade to get out of bed and vote for him.


The results, either way would be interesting.

Standing for parliament and getting elected or not is no indication of the sense of your views. It is just about convincing the public, who are gullible at best.

Max,

It may be a test of "popularity", but many would shirk the responsibility being a candidate and if successful a MP.

He probably realises where his "talents" lie.


As we know it is easy to be critical, but being constructive and thinking out future policies and the evaluate feasibility is daunting.




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I am interested in politics, but the responsibility of being an MP and doing the "necessary" to "succeed" on the the greasy poll to achieve a goal is step to far.

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