Chancellor challenged about law breaking

i don't think he started with nothing, did he.
his father was a successful businessman, he went to private schools, studied chemical engineering at UCL, co-founded YouGov market research company, and worked for an oil company until 2018.

If only they could turn their crooked and wily ways to sorting out the economy instead of lining their own pockets we'd be out of all the financial problems in no time!

Esspee

Smileless2012

I thought this had all been dealt with. It may be morally distasteful but as far as I'm aware, he's done nothing illegal.

I feel you are thinking about a previous Chancellor.
The present Chancellor is Nadhim Zahawi.

I just can’t keep up with who’s doing what any more

Unless I’m missing a trick who starts with ‘nothing’ and ends up THAT rich? I don’t believe many do without some shenanigans in the background somewhere.
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It has been made abundantly clear that the upper level of the Tory party is divided into complete idiots such as Nadine Dorries and Andrea Jenkyns and very clever men who have become rich or remained rich as a result of bending the laws to ensure they don't pay tax.

He is, apparently, under investigation by HMRC.

Oh yes they're coming and going so quickly, it's difficult to keep up.

Are you as shocked as I am?

Nope. Not in the least little bit. I'm waaaaaayyyy past shocked or surprised at anything I hear about them now.

Apparently he is saying in future he will allow access to his tax returns BUT when challenged he said he will not be doing that retrospectively.

Why not if he has nothing to hide?

Smileless2012

I thought this had all been dealt with. It may be morally distasteful but as far as I'm aware, he's done nothing illegal.

I feel you are thinking about a previous Chancellor.
The present Chancellor is Nadhim Zahawi.

I wasn’t criticising WWM2, just clarifying. There may be another chancellor tomorrow.

I think that was part of the Johnsons plan to be honest.

I seem to be permanently confused these days

To be fair to WW its quite easy to get confused at the moment it all blurs into one

Blossoming

It’s not about Sunak, WWM2, it’s about the current chancellor.

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Good grief - this lot are as bad as each other, aren't they?

It seems that all the decent Tories were sacked or felt unable to work with Johnson. I was saying to my daughter the other day that I loathed Michael Heseltine back in the day, but he was on Newsnight on Tuesday and he seemed eminently reasonable compared to the charlatans we've got now. It was his policies I disliked (along with all of Thatcher's cabinet), but I didn't count the honest of any of them. I wouldn't trust any of this lot to tell me the right time.

It’s not about Sunak, WWM2, it’s about the current chancellor.

One of the problems with Sunak is that when challenged on any of these issues is that he shows a surprisingly thin skin, and this would not bode well should he gain the leadership. Which tbh I doubt.

I would not be surprised at anything any one these shysters have done. They are all crooks and robber barons. They set a shocking example of fraud and corruption to the people whom they were elected to serve. No wonder the black economy flourishes in this country. There is an old saying abour sauce for the goose ....

I thought this had all been dealt with. It may be morally distasteful but as far as I'm aware, he's done nothing illegal.