Comic Relief - government donation

[CornishPasty101]

Anyone watching Comic Relief?

We are watching and there was just a note along the bottom of the screen that the government have donated £500,000 (or might have been £550,000) from money from the Tampon Tax, to go towards the issue of violence towards women and girls.

So women are now having to pay for their OWN protection from violence?! WTAF?!

No taxation without representation.

And actually saying who and what the group is that are being taxed and represented. Not hiding behind coy fig leaf words to imply it's a mixed sex group.

I thought that the argument was that the tampon tax was only imposed because of eu requiements? So that it was then donated to womens charities because the government couldn’t not charge it before brexit?

I am now off to see if it actually has been removed…

VAT on tampons was abolished last year.

The tampon tax money going to violence against women was done because they couldn’t remove the VAT due to EU rules, wasn’t it? I’m assuming (but don’t know) that this money is remaining money from the tampon tax fund that was set up while VAT was still in place.

Tampon tax was abolished in 2021.

So I think you don’t have to waste outrage on this - but fortunately (irony) lots of other things to be outraged at re the government and women and girls…

I'd be more concerned that the heads of CR know what a woman or a girl is. Pretty sure all these BBC charities demand the eventual recipients tow the Stonewall line.

I believe the tampon tax paid for the the repellant porn soaked Dice game from the mis named "Proud Trust", allegedly suitable for school children and focussing on male pleasure and male desires.

No due diligence or safeguarding what so ever

You’re genuinely frustrated about the government committing money to safeguard women? I’ve literally heard it all now.

@Janesmom

You’re genuinely frustrated about the government committing money to safeguard women? I’ve literally heard it all now.

Seems fair enough to me, without context.

How would you expect disabled people to feel.if they heard that the government taxed disability living assistance devices to... donate to disability charities?

Wouldn't we be entitled to think that the government should stop putting tax on our devices, and that the government should fund disability charities from general taxation? Instead of taxing disabled people extra to pay for it?!

@Janesmom

You’re genuinely frustrated about the government committing money to safeguard women? I’ve literally heard it all now.

Women engaging in critical thinking about potentially dodgy charities? Whatever next.

Women engaging in critical thinking about potentially dodgy charities?

That's not what OP is doing though, they are outraged that a tax the EU mandated (that the government overturned as soon as they were able to) is being spent on iniatives regarding violence toward women and girls.