New Alternative News Channel "GB News" chaired by Andrew Neil launching - read OP before posting

You bought it into the thread when you got excited about the spectator article that never was.

Meanwhile Farage set up a tax haven Trust fund to dodge paying taxes

"Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence party, has admitted setting up a trust fund in an offshore tax haven which could have enabled him to cut his tax bill.

Farage, who previously condemned tax avoiders in a speech to the European parliament, said that he paid a tax adviser to set up the Farage Family Educational Trust 1654 on the Isle of Man."

Such a hypocrite.

Bullsh*t again.

The right have cancelled peoples right to have an abortion in one of the largest states in the US, they have introduced legislation making it more and more difficult for people to vote. They have introduced legislation preventing school governing groups from having mask mandates to protect their staff and students, they have introduced legislation removing the teaching of certain historical texts, including the works of MLK because they are afraid the truth will empower people in black communities. Donald Trumps attempt at setting up a social media platform included terms and conditions that his SPAC would not be commented on negatively on the platform. He begged the NFL to fire Colin Kapernick for kneeling in support of BLM.

In the UK, the conservatives have introduced legislation making it easy for them to shut down public protestst.

But a couple of Twitter accounts talkabout not using Chick Fil A or whatever and the right wing media and their fan base lose their sh*t over it.

EH is all over another thread on here calling for the removal of citizenship of people who have been awarded it and then committed fraud in obtaining public money illegally.

He will defend Farage for essentially trying to do the same thing. I've stated on that thread already what I think their motivations are for having opposing views on such events.

Because he closes it when he got caught

Also someone definitely benefited

"Farage said he transferred his shareholding in a company, Farage Limited, to the trust, based in Douglas, the capital of the Isle of Man.

This meant it owned 33% of Farage Limited, later rising to 50%, the Mirror said.

He denied receiving dividends from the company, and the firm's accountant said that all £969,000 in dividends were paid to the Ukip leader's brother, Andrew.

Companies House documents show the offshore trust remained a shareholder of Farage Limited until 2011.

Farage insisted he had shut it down in 2007 or 2008."

He also refused to release his tax returns after this, definitely the actions of an innocent man 😉

Just because you keep saying it doesn't make it true.

"There is a pervasive understanding amongst the public, journalists and politicians that tax avoidance is all ‘perfectly legal’.

This idea is promoted by tax advisors who have a direct financial interest in convincing their clients that what they are doing will not get them into trouble.

The claim that tax avoidance is ‘legal’ is used as defence by companies who are accused of the practice, and the idea has been adopted by politicians who claim that businesses and individuals have a moral (not legal) obligation not to engage in tax avoidance.

Even HMRC’s own definition of tax avoidance makes reference to “bending the rules” (not breaking them), and stating that tax avoidance involves “operating within the letter, but not the spirit, of the law”.

This idea, that all tax avoidance is legal, is a myth. In most cases tax avoidance is not legal at all, and for several decades courts around the world have taken an increasingly aggressive stance towards tax avoidance schemes, striking them down and imposing penalties on those involved.

HMRC, the UK tax agency, claims to have won pretty much every time it has challenged a tax avoidance scheme in court in recent years.

Tax avoidance, as viewed by the courts, frequently falls into this category. Tax avoidance takes advantage of the fact that the wording of the law may not be clear, or that a particular law conflicts with another, creating ambiguity around how the law should be applied. Because it seeks to exploit gaps and loopholes in the law, it is not positively prohibited, but public policy is very clearly opposed to tax avoidance. What this means in practice is that the courts can determine that a tax avoidance scheme has no effect, reversing the advantage that any taxpayer sought to gain, and imposing a civil penalty. "

Farage preaches to others about avoiding paying tax and then tried a sneaky move to do the exact same himself.

As I said before, he's a hypocrite.

Who's "they"? Weren't you criticising a poster recently for using generalisations?

How would you quantify what "most posters" are "coming around to" ?