tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post7467112812231722757..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Lord Ashcroft - Only Dom When We're WinningMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-85109925303244504902010-03-02T13:24:26.884+00:002010-03-02T13:24:26.884+00:00I don't know but I can dream up leaflets right...I don't know but I can dream up leaflets right now - the fact is that the Conservatives have neutered themselves against Labour by not nuetralising the Ashcroft issueJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-69812364191839252842010-03-02T12:26:23.850+00:002010-03-02T12:26:23.850+00:00So right now Ashcroft is complying with the law an...So right now Ashcroft is complying with the law and is paying taxes on his UK income (implied by his HMRC bestowed "non-domiciled" status) and he says if the law is changed thereby "forcing all MPs and peers to pay tax on their worldwide income", then he will comply with that law too and go on paying his taxes. Has the man no decency!<br /><br />There is a principle enshrined by case law that citizens of the UK are not required to arrange their affairs so as to increase the tax burden they suffer. Are we to suppose this principle is to be altered because some New Labour scum thought they could embarrass opponents by stirring up a frenzy of misconstrued indignation amongst the gullible, audaciously disguising their own greater in degree guilt of exactly the same supposed sins?Cardinal Richelieu's molehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355424371874064362noreply@blogger.com