In today's issue of his once-esteemed organ, renowned humorist, economist and tax expert Lord Gnome shyly permits himself a smidge of self-congratulation on his historic moral victory over allegedly tax-dodging Vodafone.
Thanks to the the Eye's revelations of the billions given away to Vodafone in settling a legal battle over its offshore tax avoidance [...] the National Audit Office has launched a "review of HMRC's procedures for resolving tax disputes".Oh, jolly well done, Lord Gnome, sir! Bastards. They don't like it up 'em, sir, do they?
Right, next item, please, M'lord. Yes, please, sir, the very next item in the same column, if you would be so kind, M'lord.
[...] the England (cricket) team's patriotic sponsor, Brit Insurance [which] moved head office to, er, the Netherlands to reduce its tax bill on its offshore business!
Oh, hahahaha that's a good one, sir! So 'patriotic' that they've decamped to the Low Countries because they'll pay less tax there than in the UK. Hahahaha, my word, M'lord, but you're a caution! They don't get much past you, sir, do they, sir? Another shower of corporate bastards nailed by Lord Gnome! Oh, my aching sides!
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