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Farage tax avoidance

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Nandalot Fri 05-Sept-25 12:38:10

I have only seen Farage’s use of his company to receive his salary from GB news, thereby only paying 25% tax not 45% tax, reported in papers like The Guardian and The Independant.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/nigel-farage-uses-private-company-to-pay-less-tax-on-gb-news-earnings
The Daily Mail and The Telegraph do not seem as keen to highlight this as they did Angela Rayner’s problems with stamp duty.

varian Fri 05-Sept-25 19:29:27

Like NF, Widdecombe is another right wing attention seeker who is pandered to, not only by GB "News" but also, to their shame, by the Brexit Broadcasting Corporation who have been encouraging this nonsense for a very long time.

In the years leading up to the fraudulent referendum of 2016, Farage was invited on to Question Time no less than 29 times. Someone in the BBC had an agenda which was never exposed.

PoliticsNerd Fri 05-Sept-25 19:27:21

LizzieDrip

Her only error was that she didn’t follow the advise of the conveyance solicitors, who recommended she gain specialist tax advice relating to her particular circumstances.

She’s accepted that she made a mistake and should have sought further advice. Because of that, she’s done the decent thing and resigned.

I personally don’t think she needed to resign, but it was deemed that her mistake meant her behaviour ‘wasn’t of the highest standard’ for someone in public office.

So be it. She’s accepted it. I’ve accepted it.

Now let’s ensure that the behaviour of all those in public office is held to the highest standard.

Many on GN don’t like anything ‘two tier’ so let’s have a level playing field for all MPs.

It certainly raises the bar where the "highest possible standards of proper conduct" are concerned.

Deedaa Fri 05-Sept-25 19:19:22

And the report of his speech showed Anne Widdecombe clapping away!

varian Fri 05-Sept-25 19:18:24

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/democrat-congressman-destroys-pro-putin-politician-farage-in-congressional-hearing-397512/

BlueBelle Fri 05-Sept-25 19:12:16

He’s a total axxx

varian Fri 05-Sept-25 19:11:58

www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/farage-branded-putin-loving-free-speech-imposter-and-trump-sycophant-in-savage-takedown-by-us-congressman/ar-AA1LOeau?ocid=BingNewsSerp

varian Fri 05-Sept-25 19:05:55

When the brexit vote went through Farage immediately applied for a Belgian passport.

We are UK citizens, with only one passport each, and this fraudulent referendum, orchestrated by Farage and his handlers in the Kremlin, deprived us our EU citizenship, which we valued but he, and his family, were somehow able to retain all the benefits of EU citizenship.

Farage is a traitor to this country as his recent visit to the US has proved beyond doubt.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 05-Sept-25 17:00:54

Which tax did Mr Farage pay on his recently purchased Essex home?
His main residence is in Belgium, but I think that the British house is not registered to him, thus avoiding any inconvenient extra taxes.

MayBee70 Fri 05-Sept-25 16:23:42

PaynesGrey

Farage has also claimed a Reform government would “stop the boats” within two weeks of taking office.

Now we know why they have recruited Nadine Dorries - as a kind of reverse siren.

She will stand on the Kent shore reading excerpts from her books or her love poetry about Boris. The would-be asylum seekers will all flee back to France clutching their ears. Job done.

With Ann Widdecombe backing her up #dream team

Mollygo Fri 05-Sept-25 16:22:22

Many on GN don’t like anything ‘two tier’ so let’s have a level playing field for all MPs.
Let’s have a level playing field for everyone!

PaynesGrey Fri 05-Sept-25 16:12:39

Nige is taking a leaf out of his best buddy, Donald's book, who said he would settle the Russia/Ukraine war in an afternoon

Methinks Yusuf is already trying to temper Farage's promises when he says:

The “bureaucracy” of the British state would seek to block Reform from implementing radical change, he told a fringe event at the party’s annual conference, but he insisted that even a small team could quickly begin making an impact.

Hang on though! Don't you need a majority to form a government?

Casdon Fri 05-Sept-25 16:02:12

Oreo

There’s only black and white when it comes to breaking the Ministerial Code.In this case the judgement is that it has done.

I agree, that is my feeling, as I had already said above - but not everybody will, and the threads have included everybody’s views from one end of the scale to the other.

Sarnia Fri 05-Sept-25 15:58:28

PaynesGrey

Farage has also claimed a Reform government would “stop the boats” within two weeks of taking office.

Now we know why they have recruited Nadine Dorries - as a kind of reverse siren.

She will stand on the Kent shore reading excerpts from her books or her love poetry about Boris. The would-be asylum seekers will all flee back to France clutching their ears. Job done.

Nige is taking a leaf out of his best buddy, Donald's book, who said he would settle the Russia/Ukraine war in an afternoon.

David49 Fri 05-Sept-25 15:56:03

Setting yourself up as a company is the way a great many high paid individuals pay a lot less tax.

It’s not new, successive governments knew all about it and did nothing, there has been no word of this government changing anything either. However it suits those with a high spending lifestyle, not those who invest in assets, because company shares have a value and someone has to own those shares.

Then the tax liability comes back to the individual.

PaynesGrey Fri 05-Sept-25 15:53:21

Farage has also claimed a Reform government would “stop the boats” within two weeks of taking office.

Now we know why they have recruited Nadine Dorries - as a kind of reverse siren.

She will stand on the Kent shore reading excerpts from her books or her love poetry about Boris. The would-be asylum seekers will all flee back to France clutching their ears. Job done.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 05-Sept-25 15:50:39

I understood that, as Mr Farage's main residence is in Belgium, that he pays tax to the Belgian government , not the British.
Perhaps GB earnings are different.

MayBee70 Fri 05-Sept-25 15:42:54

I understand that he is now saying ‘when I’m Prime Minister’. He seems to know that he can get away with anything.

growstuff Fri 05-Sept-25 15:34:08

eazybee

Yes she is today's obsession.
She is entirely the author of her own misfortune and it was her lack of attention to detail that brought her to this situation.
It was suggested, and it was recommended, that she sought legal advice about the complex tax situation concerning her property and taxes.
She chose to ignore it.

Starting a thread about Nigel Farage's tax affairs, which are under investigation all the time, is not going to direct attention away from Angela Rayner.

Indeed not, but there already are three threads about her.

PaynesGrey Fri 05-Sept-25 15:33:51

Quite right, LizzieDrip.

I have written to the Parlimentary Commisioner for Standards several time about the behaviour of particular MPs where they clearly are in breach of the Nolan Principles. I receive polite acknowledgements but nothing every happens. Prima facie, there does appear to be a two tier system.

It's been galling this week to hear Farage - the Master of Incitement - speaking about incitement. He talks such a lot of word salad that sometimes it's hard to make sense of what he says. I was trying to pick the bones out of this to Republican Tom McClintock about free speech.

I think you know we are as citizens we should be free to make our minds up to express our opinions to a large extent to make our own mistakes provided … and we all know there's a limit to free speech. You know the professor talked about incitement earlier and of course you know we would be absolutely joined together on that, we don't want, we don't accept incitement and if people put out something irrational or inciteful but very quickly put their hands up and apologize and learn their lesson, that's kind of how the world is. I do not want government to be the arbiter of what I should think.

He seems to be saying you can say what you like, even if it is inciteful, so long as you apologise afterwards. Maybe he was talking about Lucy Connolly or maybe himself. Bit too late if some has been incited to commit a violent act as many did last summer; as someone has by spraying graffito on Rayner's new home.

growstuff Fri 05-Sept-25 15:32:25

Ooops! Must have clicked on the wrong link.

I thought this was a thread about Nigel Farage. There are already three about Angela Rayner.

Oreo Fri 05-Sept-25 15:23:28

Which is why she had to go.

Oreo Fri 05-Sept-25 15:22:42

There’s only black and white when it comes to breaking the Ministerial Code.In this case the judgement is that it has done.

Casdon Fri 05-Sept-25 15:19:45

Just read all the posts Oreo, seriously, there are a thousand shades of grey. If you asked people to rank what they thought should happen, you would get lots of different answers, not all politically motivated - people all think differently, and not just about this case, about all of them. Of course there are some diehards, the black and white perspectives, there always are, but I don’t believe that is the majority.

Oreo Fri 05-Sept-25 15:14:13

Casdon

But you do understand that not everybody agrees with your perspective I’m sure Oreo. That’s Gransnet.

The only people who won’t think it’s just desserts having read about the investigation/result will be devoted followers of AR.
I think any government minister from any political party who showed such a lack of judgement as to not seek tax advice when it was recommended in a letter that they should do so, should step down.
Of course Gransnet members vary significantly where such matters are concerned.Some will only want a Minister to resign if they dislike that particular politician or Party.

eazybee Fri 05-Sept-25 15:07:41

Yes she is today's obsession.
She is entirely the author of her own misfortune and it was her lack of attention to detail that brought her to this situation.
It was suggested, and it was recommended, that she sought legal advice about the complex tax situation concerning her property and taxes.
She chose to ignore it.

Starting a thread about Nigel Farage's tax affairs, which are under investigation all the time, is not going to direct attention away from Angela Rayner.