Brexit for a Radical Tax Agenda

I’m an accountant supporting small local businesses, Brexit will really harm, I’ve done a ton of research trying to understand Brexit. Along the way I’ve discovered some circles of self interest, I would like to share some of these with you. (thread)

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019


 

1) Here are the Barclay brothers, they own the famously Pro Brexit Telegraph, the Spectator and the Ritz Hotel to name a few. They avoid paying tax, so much so that they moved to an island in the channel & are constantly trying to avoid tax. https://t.co/pcI0XgiCfq

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

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2) They also don’t like their paper to report on people not paying tax, here is their chief political commentator, Peter Oborne (Brexiter) resigning over the Telegraph's reduction in reporting standards and influence of advertisers re HSBC scandal. https://t.co/5lEOGxIykv

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

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3) Allister Heath, current editor of Telegraph wrote a book, advocating end of national insurance, inheritance tax, corporation tax & a flat tax rate for all. His sister formed Taxpayers alliance with Matthew Elliott of Vote Leave at 55 Tufton Street. https://t.co/AsWVdSZfcp

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 taxpayersalliance.com
 

4) Florence Heath works for Oil Companies. https://t.co/X6V6Jo5Fi0

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 powerbase.info
 

5) Meanwhile brother Allister, got himself a new fancy sounding title – 2020 Tax Commission, he says households will be better off with his low tax plan, he doesn’t mention services will be decimated.https://t.co/FFgKe1QQqI

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 thisismoney.co.uk
 

6) After the Referendum Barclay Brothers threw a party for Nigel Farage. Does it matter they're pro Brexit anti tax? Maybe when they own a newspaper claiming that Brexit is anti establishment vote & remainers Traitors, but maybe not, stick with me please https://t.co/fLXbV3vEtm

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

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7) Famously our PM is a columnist for the Telegraph. And here's Mr Johnson lobbying personally for Sarah Sands, ex editor of Sunday Telegraph, to get the job of Editor of Evening Standard (Guido is Tory website). https://t.co/kzALwsTHI7

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 order-order.com
 

8) Sarah Sands is now Editor of Radio 4 Today programme. Here is a picture of her with Nigel Farage, Rupert Murdoch and Liam Fox and a picture of her with our PM. pic.twitter.com/jQ4WoBeogo

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019


 

9) Sands is Editor of #radio4today program, BBCs flagship news program. Remainers are mystified by its coverage of Brexit, lack of rigour in interviews with prominent Brexiters, lack of coverage of transgressions & lies in campaigns. Why could that be?https://t.co/bfaBbChLBT

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 bbc.com
 

10) Perhaps because her son, Henry Sands, set up a firm in March 2015, called SABI Group, which managed to get a contract with Vote Leave prior to referendum. The publicly available accounts show the firm already has reserves in the millions… not bad https://t.co/ITHGrxGlU5

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 sabistrategy.com
 

11) Perhaps it’s b/c her husband, Kim Fletcher (also ex of the Telegraph) is a partner at Brunswick Group, an international PR & lobby group working to change govt policy & advise on crisis management. So Brexit is good for business there too. https://t.co/zw0NhJlrx0

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 brunswickgroup.com
 

12) I'm sure Sarah Sands, the person whose wages we pay through licence fees, really really does support Brexit, her mate is in No 10, her husband’s firm has a route to heart of government, her son has made a ton of money & launched a successful business on the back of it.

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019


 

13) I'm sure she doesn't want to bring up the illegality of the Vote Leave campaign or the problems a post Brexit environment will cause small/medium uk firms. And here is a screen shot of what the Telegraph really wants pic.twitter.com/UymIckBJ4Q

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

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14) And all I would ask is whether, protesting that huge swathes of UK small businesses don't know what'll happen to them in 60 days & we can't crash out of Europe with no deal b/c it'll destroy them makes me a traitor? https://t.co/q5z1Aau82m

— Fun-sponge (@FFbpe) September 1, 2019

 ft.com

Tucker Carlson Call One of His Guests A “Tiny Brain…moron”

1/ Here’s the interview that @TuckerCarlson and Fox News didn’t want you to see. I chose to release it, because I think we should keep talking about the corrupting influence of money in politics. It also shows how angry elites can get if you do that. https://t.co/hs1474MJNM

— Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) February 20, 2019

2/ I stand behind what I said, but there’s one thing I should have done better. When Carlson asked me how he’s being influenced by Big Business and tax-avoiding billionaires, I should have quoted Noam Chomsky.

— Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) February 20, 2019

3/ Years ago, when he was asked a similar question, Chomsky replied: ‘I’m sure you believe everything you’re saying. But what I’m saying is that if you believe something different, you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting.’

— Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) February 20, 2019

 

"Have you guys ever seen the show???"

Tucker always does that at the beginning. He sits there and agrees with them on a few points, and just eggs them on until they say something ridiculous. Bregman wasn't going to wait for the trap.

Smart guy.

— James E Jones (@jamesedjones) February 21, 2019

Philanthropy Doesn’t Compensate for Tax Evasion

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I did not tweet much about Davos, but this one is interesting:

‘It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water.’

This historian wasn’t afraid to confront the billionaires at Davos about their greed #SDGspic.twitter.com/972D1Dhzei

— Alexander Verbeek 🌍 (@Alex_Verbeek) January 29, 2019

Billionaire @MichaelDell thinks a 70% top rate of income tax would never work.@erikbryn and @RCBregman NAIL exactly why he’s wrong.
Share if you agree. pic.twitter.com/TjvcWwpBKu

— Novara Media (@novaramedia) January 26, 2019

When the top U.S. tax rate was 70%—or Higher: through the entire administrations of presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, the top-tax-bracket rate was at least 70% https://t.co/FR1c9n7vrj

— Robert Went (@went1955) January 26, 2019

Rutger Bregman caused a stir for criticising tax avoidance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. On "The Economist asks" @RCBregman and @Henry_Curr debate how—and how much—to tax the rich https://t.co/bSb7d1cxN5

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 7, 2019

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Keywords: Erik Brynjolfsson; Rutger Bregman; Michael Dell; taxes; tax heavens

2010-01-17, updated: 2019-02-08

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