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[Davıd Boothroyd]

He's got a perfect right to live in France, and there is no suggestion he is dodging French taxation. The point is that he doesn't have any business in a body purporting to comment on United Kingdom taxation and the use of its proceeds, when he neither pays it nor uses the services it funds.

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Jun 27, 2013 22:19:39 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Jun 27, 2013 20:56:31 GMT ArmchairCritic said:

The tax payers alliance isn't funded by the taxpayer, Ian.

No. It won't say who it is funded by. And it's got a director whose involvement is questionable because he's not paid any UK tax in several years: www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-director-tax

And about these charities with questions to answer, what about the Politics and Economic Research Trust? (That's Charity 1121849). Income in 2010 £248,832. Grants to the TaxPayers' Alliance in same year £325,000. Income in 2011 £607,285 so they increased their grant to the Taxpayers' Alliance in 2011 to £395,000 and also gave some money to the New Culture Forum (which says it wants to stop the Left winning the Culture Wars) and the Centre for Policy Studies.

none of them are charities nor any like this on the left. Political donations should not qualify as charity nor should any think tanks etc.

Oxfam is on the list as not being a charity but this government wants to encourage more charities in public service and hence the schools, what does the right really want ?

[erlend]

I think trying to influence the British Tax system as a non British taxpayer is legal but not very 'right'. Think how you would react if a non tax payer was trying to increase public spending here. It wouldn't be approved of.

Edit.
Got to the end of the thread and AC had already noted the issue as 'smewhat hypocritical'.

So I must note his non hypocrisy.

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Jun 28, 2013 8:18:24 GMT erlend said:

I think trying to influence the British Tax system as a non British taxpayer is legal but not very 'right'. Think how you would react if a non tax payer was trying to increase public spending here. It wouldn't be approved of.

how about a non resident and no tax payer like Ashcroft funding a party ?

Now I notice with some disdain he is sucking up a lot to Labour, fine if just for polling advice, if for anything else ...

[erlend]

I was trying to give AC a comparable he would dislike Ian. Your example is less likely to persuade him.

[russthomas]

Think how you would react if a non tax payer was trying to increase public spending here. It wouldn't be approved of.

As I recall, 97 of the FTSE 100 were shown to be blatant tax fiddlers a few months back, they and all the other non taxpayer companies, and fat cat directors, seem to spend a great deal of time instructing their puppets in Westminster on how The Treasury should spend the tax it collects from others.

All but one UK national newspapers are owned by blatant non taxpayers, they don't seem at all shy about telling everyone else about public spending.

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Jun 27, 2013 14:17:50 GMT erlend said:

Are you sure. Doing abit of basic calculation. To have taken part in WW2 you need to have been ca 18 in 1945. I'd would assume retired at 65 in 1992. So teaching people in primary 1 in 1991-2. You would basically have to be 26 or so.

To have been a Colonel in 1945 he can't have really been under 30 so add a dozen years to that, and that is pushing it. I thought you were younger than that. You can of course tell me to mind my own ****ing business.

He was born in 1919 or so according to this. He was still teaching at nearly 80 (retired 1996 ish). He still has a season ticket for Newcastle united  (or did very recently) aged 94! He is quite a remarkable chap really, spins a good yarn (and still recognizes me from when I was 8 or so)

www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/08/26/veteran-to-head-durham-tattoo-celebration-61634-21602382/

I'm 24.