Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Bananas
By far the best comment so far on Lord Ashcroft’s admission that he is non-domiciled for tax purposes, comes from Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne:
“The Conservatives’ biggest donor is a tax-dodger from Belize who has not paid a penny of British tax on the vast bulk of his estimated £1.1bn fortune held offshore.
“This raises extraordinary questions about the judgement of successive Tory leaders - William Hague, Michael Howard and David Cameron - whose view seems to be that only little people should pay tax.
“The Tory party has been bought like a banana republic.”
Presumably, he means this type of banana republic.
“The Conservatives’ biggest donor is a tax-dodger from Belize who has not paid a penny of British tax on the vast bulk of his estimated £1.1bn fortune held offshore.
“This raises extraordinary questions about the judgement of successive Tory leaders - William Hague, Michael Howard and David Cameron - whose view seems to be that only little people should pay tax.
“The Tory party has been bought like a banana republic.”
Presumably, he means this type of banana republic.
