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David Cameron and the Panama Papers - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "David Cameron - had finally admitted - he had relations !"

 

 

 

 

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• "to a Panama-based offshore trust - set up by his late father !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "after three days where Cameron stalled - and four partial statements !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he had confirmed a direct link - to his father’s UK-tax fund !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "details of which were exposed - in the Panama Papers revelations !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was the fifth explanation in four days - from Cameron and his aides - about the offshore fund of his family !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the leader of the British Labour party - Jeremy Corbyn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( nearly 60% - of first-preference votes !!!!!!!!!!!! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "says people want to reduce - injustice - and inequality in Britain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "people - especially younger ones - want to change !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the way - politics is being conducted - in this country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Corbyn says the poorest - need most help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( and there can be no - austerity !!!!!!!!!!!! )"

 

 

 

 

• "their wages - should rise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to reach out to everyone - in this country - so no one is left on the side !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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• "everyone - should have a decent place - in society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "Corbyn's key proposals include - renationalisation of the UK railways !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "quantitative easing - to fund infrastructure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "controlling rents - and creating a national education service !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "at the heart of the economic programme - is the so-called - "people’s QE"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "a policy of using money - created by the Bank of England - to invest in public infrastructure projects !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "at the same time boosting employment - with a sustainable economy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "and the Internet - and social media - hold bottom-up policy consultations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Key Points of Jeremy Corbyn - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "key points of Jeremy Corbyn - the leader of the British Labour party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to introduce a - "people’s quantitative easing" - which would allow the Bank of England !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to print money - to invest in - large-scale housing - energy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "transport - and digital projects - partly through a national investment bank !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it will also be funded by taxes - with no corporate tax reliefs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "£ 20bn in tax debt - should be collected by HMRC - every year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

• "and another £ 20bn - in reducing tax avoidance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( £ 80bn - needed to be addressed ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Corbyn proposes a - better NHS - health service !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and to give more power - to local authorities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Corbyn less favours the remote nationalised model - and more public ownership !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "like a majority of the population - he wants the UK railways - back in public ownership !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "public control - should mean just that - passengers - rail workers - and government too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "are cooperatively running - the railways - in our interests - and not for private profit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "for example the energy companies - that energy prices are not too high !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in this country - there is absolutely no reason - why anyone should have to live in poverty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British electoral System - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Pablo Guimón - London correspondent for El País - Spain - wrote !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Britain had a strange - electoral system !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "for example - marginal seats !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was not normal - that the SNP ended up !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in that UK general elections - with 4% - and 50 seats !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "Christian Zaschke - London correspondent for Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany !"

 

 

 

 

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• "said Germany - since 1945 - has always had a - coalition government !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to a Tory backbencher - who behaved as if the coalition with the Lib Dems - was an accident ! - ( and the voters - got it wrong ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "he then laughed - after two seconds and said - "ah - you were joking - weren’t you ?!""

 

 

 

 

 

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• "of course - it was not a joke !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in Germany - coalitions were the normal form - of government !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the tone was better - in the election campain !"

 

 

 

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• "when one knew - one could have to form a coalition - with another party !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scottish Referendum - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the Scottish independence referendum - with 55% - to 45% !"

 

 

 

 

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• "voted against ending - the union - with England and Wales !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but the party leaders - in the final weeks of the referendum campaign !"

 

 

 

 

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• "agreed to implement the - Scottish devolution reforms !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Ed Miliband - Labour party - said "the referendum was a vote - from the Scottish people - for change"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "but that went beyond Scotland - there was also desire for change - across Wales - and across England !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the main party leaders - have to live up to their commitments - made during the referendum campaign ! - ( the home rule - within the UK ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but after Brexit - the public mood - has changed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "a clear majority - of Scottish people - is for independence !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( within the EU !!!!!!!!!!!! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Fairness - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Margaret Hodge - chair of the public accounts committee in the parliament - demanded !"

 

 

 

 

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• "HMRC - department for tax collection - must "robustly"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "crack down - on tax avoidance promoters !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was about a sense - of fairness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "£ 5bn a year - tax schemes - which was public money !"

 

 

 

 

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• "footballers Steven Gerrard - and Wayne Rooney - and pop star Peter Gabriel !"

 

 

 

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• "films included - "Avatar" - or "Girl with the Pearl Earring"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google Amazon Starbucks - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "responding to a growing public mood - for more corporate tax fairness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the parliament's public accounts select committee - asked Google - Amazon - and Starbucks !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "explained structures - such as Ireland - and Luxembourg-registered - offices !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and methods - subsidiary companies for services - "transfer pricing"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "even the Taxpayers' Alliance - said that some companies !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with accountants - must not exploit loopholes !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "economist and tax campaigner Richard Murphy - said that some companies !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had conspired - paid less tax !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Amazon - had paid an effective UK tax rate - of 2.5% on earnings !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Google - had paid 0.4% - effective UK tax rate !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Starbucks - had paid no - effective UK tax rate !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Google in UK - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Google's filings in the UK - showed sales in a year !"

 

 

 

 

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• "but its UK unit - had a tax charge of - £ 3.4m ! - ( £ 2.5bn ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "diverted some European sales - via Ireland ! - ( 3.2% ! )"

 

 

 

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• "and diverted some profits - through Bermuda !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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