http://www.theguardian.com/business/201 ... nt-holders

Neither party has done a worthwhile fcuking thing about tax avoidance of course. Ed's great contribution so far is getting a registry together and allowing it to continue

If they have been helping people evade taxes, the fine will be a lot more than 5 million.

I have a cynical suspicion that it won't turn out to be anything like that much.

Doh! Misread that. Thought it was talking about HSBC rather than the Tories.

Ex-HSBC chairman Lord Green resigns from banking body
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31470627



Fcuk off and hang yourself. Green has been up to his neck in it for years, including overseeing money laundering for drug dealers and terrorists. Didn't stop the Tory-led coalition making him a Lord and an unpaid 'Minister of State for Trade and Investment' either! Cameron has consistently found roles for him - it's jobs for the boys but at a full-on criminal level, as we're now seeing.

This bit genuinely gets my goat. Yes, he's given great service to 'the city' - and, let's not forget, been paid a humungous amount of cash to do it - but he's done absolutely feck all for 'his country'. He's not served in sodding Iraq has he? There are squaddies earning £20k a year who have done a hundred times what he ever has for 'his country'. There's not one iota of 'duty' in anything he's been asked to do. Apart from anything else, he could have made a much bigger service to his country by making sure his clients paid their sodding taxes.

Sir Gerry Grimstone is an utter [LIFTED] .

Ken Clarke says Tory party must shun wealthy donors to avoid scandal
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... thy-donors

Considering the money we've given to the banks for 'lending' and the other billions we don't even collect, potentially pissing a few million up the wall as an experiment is worth a shot.