Dodgy Dave

bwfc1874 wrote:The economy's on a downward turn according to every forecast. The deficit is at its highest ever point, they've failed to get the economy 'on the up' even by their own standards.

Natasha Whittam wrote:He's released his tax returns. Nothing to see here.

Mountain out of a mole hill.

okocha wrote:For me, it's less about his wealth and tax avoidance, and much more about his attempts to hide the truth, a trait that typifies his reign in office. Lying with statistics has become commonplace.

I want to be able to trust a role-model of a PM who sets a good example and is genuinely "one of us", sympathetic and caring......rather than one who merely mouths the words "we're all in it together"

In other words, DC needs to be more ethical. His performance in office so far has been hypocritical, unfair and lacks morality.

Can we TRUST a man who benefits from an off-shore TRUST?.......and has to be hounded for a week before he will come clean.

xmiles wrote:Interesting what his tax returns reveal and what they don't.

Headlines for those interested are:
He lives rent free in 10 Downing Street and receives over £93,000 from renting out property he owns
His wife receives free clothes from the Conservative party and the couple have received more than £56,000 in clothes and travel expenses over the past 6 years
He was handed £200,000 by his mother because she fely his £300,000 inheritance from his father was not large enough
In total since 2009 he has had a taxable income of £1,078,008 and paid income tax totalling £402,283.

Of course they don't tell us anything about the size of his savings or other assets or how wealthy his family and in-laws are.

The one positive is that we can only hope that all politicians start publishing their tax returns. Personally I think all tax returns should be publicly available.

bwfc1874 wrote:In my experience people like Nat vote Tory because their parents do, it's easier to go along with their friends and family than think for themselves.

That's why they rarely know much about the issues that come up, it doesn't matter to them, they'll vote Tory whatever they say or do because they don't know any better.

xmiles wrote:It is a fact that the Tory party is run by rich toffs!