To think that David Cameron should resign?

[deeedeee]

Presiding over a government that is trying to spin doctors and teachers into militants ,

Supporting a chancellor that has failed to reduce the deficit by his own standards and has delivered two hated and u turning budgets in a row, over the death of the British Steel Industry, is attacking renewable energy in times of climate change, is taking support from the ill and disabled is and NOW he has admitted benefiting from TAX AVOIDANCE????!!!!
This is all wrong. How many more years of this?

so yes there are far worst lefties in the world than DC.

That makes it sound like DC is a lefty (Ray Winstone voice) "Left bollock maybe"

Another top Tory trolling tactic. Look! Look! There's another unprincipled greedy twat over there! Focus on them! They are just as bad as us, so therefore we must just be normal.

It's not right or normal to crave and covert and stash away more than you need at the expense of others. It's greed. It's inequality.

You are wrong

Peggy and eustace, perhaps just talk to each other eh? Good idea, they are probably sat next to each other at Tory HQ's astroturfing section, so could do it on their tea break, if Lynton allows such things

Comparing him to Russell Brand is just ridiculous really. Are you for real?

David Cameron had a perfectly legal overseas asset, sold it and paid full UK tax on it. What's the problem? Or is this just another example of people deploying wilful ignorance in order to make some silly class-based, envy-inspired attack on "the evil nasty awful Tories".

Rich person uses legal scheme to maximise assets. In other news, bear shits in woods.

The sort of people who are angry that Cameron is rich will be angry regardless of his tax affairs.

Tax AVOIDANCE is entirely legal and common sense.

deedee he made 19k over 13 years - that's the colossal sum of £1400 PER YEAR or £117 PER MONTH - fuck me I wonder how he survived on such a huge sum of money? no I don't think that's a huge sum of money.

This thread appears to have been taken over by Conservastive Party Head Office.

Given the demographic of MN, I think decrying £117 a month as "not a huge sum of money" is deeply inflammatory, and offensive. There are people who have less than that to feed and cloth a family FFS.

I hope no one reports that post, so it can stand as an example of what the Tories really think.

Somehow I can't see the Daily Mail taking too much of an interest in this thread.

And what about Ken Livingstone, Ed Miliband and all the other lefties who have benefited from legal tax avoidance?

Hypocrisy and a storm in a teacup. There is zero chance that Cameron will resign and neither should he.

It is colossal.

There is no way the majority on minimum wage or tax credits or social security could save £117 a month !!

Having a spare £117 a month would be huge for many!

You are incredibly out of touch.

Cameron has had are peanuts. He has chosen to earn very little to devote himself to the nation. His chidlren suffer for that

Ooooh. Sorry eustace I didnt realise you were joking at first!! I get it now! Good one.

Poor DC with his £150 K salary and his heiress wife (who was great on bake off, I did like her).

I think it is ridiculous to compare tax incentives, such as getting first 10k tax free to tax avoidance.

Tax incentives are available to everyone and there is very little work involved to benefit from them.

Tax avoidance is only available to the most wealthy in society who have good accountants and little sense of "the big society".

I don't know if David Cameron should resign, but this episode does not point him in a good light. I think he will be remembered as an adequate PM.

£117 per month is hardly worth getting upset over. As said before, storm in teacup.

Of course this will blow over. It is a total non-story. Christ, most people with any money use avoidance schemes - it is common sense.

Given the demographic of MN, I think decrying £117 a month as "not a huge sum of money" is deeply inflammatory, and offensive. There are people who have less than that to feed and cloth a family FFS.

seriously? go and read some of the threads on here about how much people earn and you will find the demographic of MN is definitely not that most people have only £117 left to feed a clothe their family in a month.

oh that's right I forgot the sillyband brothers had an avoidance scheme going personally and they did something with their parents house to avoid tax too didn't they? where was the outcry then... oh that's right - theyre lefties so its OK... [yawn]

Or approx £30 per week.

Which is the same amount of the cut to ESA for people with disabilities.

It's a lot of money.

You either get it or you don't.

I actually think the amount is irrelevant. It's the dishonesty and hypocrite which is concerning.

£117 per month is hardly worth getting upset over. As said before, storm in teacup.

OK, by a show of hands (seasoned MNetters only please. New accounts from CPHQ will need to wait)

Is £117/month worth getting upset over ? YES

Stinky i read your post and I was

Your attitude and my attitude are very very different.

When I heard about the panama leak, I understood it was a game changer. The repercussions wiill be huge.

Bless you for thinking it is a non story and a storm in a tea cup though.

Lurking
YES

NO

£117 a month is 3.90 a day - I know people who burn more than that every day smoking, or piss more than that against the wall because they have a bottle of wine most days.

candykane25

Thanks

I'm not a great AIBU-er, but that comment so incensed me I felt it needed to be called out on - there's a new thread just started ....

Convenient that David Cameron managed to sell them for £300 less than needed to pay capital gains tax. What a lucky stroke. Of creative accountancy

Ooh Peggy are you going for a full house of top Tory trolling tactics?
Has anyone else spotted the ...
People can't possibly be poor if they spend money on tobacco or alcohol ..... Line developing.

Agggggh

£30 a week is the difference between eating or not !

Based on this thread, I'm going into business baking cakes for the hungry. ...

If it's £1 a day or £1000 a day would that affect your thinking?

I believe it's still dishonest and immoral regardless.

Oh yes peggy I can afford a bottle of wine a day. Wine is a basic staple isn't it, like bread and baked beans.

Wine funded by dishonesty and immorality? Sheesh, it's only a bottle of wine a day!

candy if he was skimming off £1000 a day then yes I would believe he was wrong however at £3 a day no I don't give a toss because in the big scheme of things its neither here nor there.

When I heard about the panama leak, I understood it was a game changer. The repercussions wiill be huge

It is. Those that think otherwise are only trying to convince themselves.

DC described it himself previously as 'morally wrong'. What a hypocrite.