Boris not following the rules again

But yes, come on we’ve all done it surely, they say. Forgotten how many houses we have, whether or not we knew about our campaign using stolen Facebook data, what the woman we were supposed to be getting freed from an Iranian prison was doing in Iran, whether or not we’d met up with Steve Bannon and a Russian ambassador or two, how to tell the difference between women and letterboxes, the fact that we have a wife, how much money the U.K. pays into the E.U. budget. How to tell the truth about anything at all, in any situation ever ...

Dinahmo- exactly. Thanks (from Jura who is definitely a 'she'). Like Hunt who forgot he had bought 7 luxury houses.
As long as people brush aside electoral fraud of the highest nature, and other kinds of frauds including serious tax evasion- I am very happy to insist that it is WRONG - again and again if necessary.

The fact that there are significant numbers on people who keep shouting 'Democracy' - both on GN and out there- and at the same time say that Fraud is not really a problem we should be concerned about - just makes the whole caboodle totaly nonsense (and they know it).

Ah, misunderstood, the thread meandered off into non-payment of tax quite early on.

Maryeliza54 - I realise that the report is about the Register of Members' Interests but I would suggest that if he can forget sources of income for that purpose is he really going to remember ti for his tax return?

This is nothing to do with his tax affairs. It’s about declaring sources of income / ownership of property to the Parliamentry Register of Members Interests

Why didn't he just hand over all his tax affairs to his accountant?

Urmstongran - in Jura's defence (probably doesn't need it from me, but hey ho!) he needs to be a stuck record. I work as a tax consultant and I certainly don't let my clients act in a fraudulent fashion. By your comment you seem to approve of this - you may not think his omissions are fraudulent but IMO they are.

Oh jura2 you are like a stuck record!

"he’s such an entitled up himself git"
"it’s the intellectual rigour that is so enlivening isn’t ?"

I love it.

Boris is a proven liar and cheat. Well that’s ok then.

The Hansard Society is a charity set up to promote parliamentary democracy; it is named after Hansard and non-partisan.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/08/uk-more-willing-embrace-authoritarianism-warn-hansard-audit-political-engagement?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Here’s the link - this is scarey Din

Of those who favour a strong leader a large proportion did not mind if he/she broke the rules. Hence Boris' popularity.
Did it mention barmpots in Hansard?

Thanks Din I’ll follow it up. The declaring of income was to the Parliamentary register not HMRC - no idea about the latter but he wouldn’t do anything wrong there would he?

reports, sorry. Not reposrts

Maryeliza54 - I got it slightly wrong - was reporting excerpts read by my husband from an article in the Guardian. It is the Hansard Society, formed in 1944 and taken from their 2019 Audit of Political Engagement in which 54% of the surveyed state that 54 % (apologies for the wrong number) say that Britain needs a strong leader who is willing to break the rules.

Those can be any rules, parliamentary or otherwise. So, if Boris hasn't been declaring all his income, I hope sincerely that HMRC will come after him.

The reposrts from the Society make interesting reading.

I forgot I had a tin of tomatoes and bought another one. Oh well, its nearly the same.

Which rules were they? Surely it wasn’t in Hansard?

Hansard has produced the results of a survey in which 66% polled think we ought to have a strong leader and only 23% disagree. Of those who favour a strong leader a large proportion did not mind if he/she broke the rules. Hence Boris' popularity.

So electoral fraud doesn't matter- and personal tax evasion and lies from someone who pretends to replace the PM doesn't matter? That is seriously concerning tbh.

Yes Maizie it’s the intellectual rigour that is so enlivening isn’t ?

Nothing like a bit of whataboutery to liven up a thread

"But he’s no worse than many other MP’s. "
I agree with that as regards money.

No not really.
But he’s no worse than many other MP’s.
Have you forgotten the expenses scandal?

"Barmpots."

Barmpots are not necessarily a bad thing, Britain has always had its eccentrics and they make life more interesting.
However, tax evaders are in a different category (and not usually barmpots either)

I wouldn't like to have either a barmpot or a tax evader as PM.