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In law, "wrong" and "illegal" are exactly the same, and as the law is the only code upon which we all agree, what else is there? Morality is a very slippery thing unless we can all agree what is its source and definition. You're going to have to pin something legally dubious on the PM if you're hoping for a resignation.

The Cameron family's inheritance tax planning is precisely what every family in their position does. That may be only 5% of estates but we are still talking about something like 40,000 estates per year. It is a far, far larger number than that of the super-rich who spend a small fortune on accountants in order to save a large fortune in tax. And given the meteoric rise in property values we are also talking about plenty of people of relatively modest means.

These "loopholes" as you call them have been in the system for a very, very long time, so making insinuations about this government's "priorities" won't wash.

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No he's not because he's just proven that he's not doing any of that despite how much some people wish he was

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well lets not get too exited about his innocence/guilt just yet, i'm sure more evidence will be dug out in the coming days " the truth will out" .;)

April 2015: an Election Pledge to Crack Down

“Tackling tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance and tax planning is an important part of our long-term economic plan,” Mr. Cameron said ahead of his Conservative Party’s electoral victory.

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If the evidence you speak of is anything like the deliberately misinterpreted and grasped at straws we've seen the last few days i wouldn't hold your breath.

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Why does inheritance tax exist? To raise money certainly. Also to encourage those with money to put it into the economy and make the next generation earn their way.

What has DC done to earn his millions. Nothing, he's inherited it, as we now know some of it from his Dads dodgy tax haven. No jobs before politics and a paid for Philosophy degree from Oxford; very useful that. Never mind his tax affairs how on earth did he become PM?

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i will wait and see what comes to light before i come to a conclusion ,i am sure this matter will be well scruitinised over the coming days ,if there are any skeletons in the cupboard they will be brought to light and if he is squeaky clean this will also be brought to light.

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Just listening to George Galloway on the Sunday Politics asking people to believe that whilst his non-parliamentary earnings were handled via a company and subject to corporation tax (substantially lower than the relevant personal rate) he really believes people like him ought to pay more in tax than they do. Surprisingly, he didn't confirm whether his awful quilt about this unfairness extends to donating the difference in the tax he actually paid and that which he would have been required to cough up (had he chosen to run his affairs differently) in order to benefit of all those poor and needy he'd just cited. When pressed about what he actually paid on his earnings outside of parliament (c.£250k in 2014 apparently) his reply was "I paid a very, very, great deal/amount of money in tax exactly as I was required to do..." Sounds rather like Cameron then.

Just another rose tinted hypocrite amongst a very extensive list of those champagne socialists.

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You appear to have already come to a conclusion...

Cameron paid tax on his dividends, he paid tax on his sale of the shares, and his mother gifted him money under existing HMRC rules, which my mother-in-law has done to her grand-children, like lots of others - could you please highlight which very aggressive tax avoidance schemes Cameron has undertaken?

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no i'm awaiting input [not selective tidbits]

i never said he had undertaken aggressive tax avoidance -i quoted the man himself
this is a quote from dave in 2014
“I think we should be very clear — tax evasion is illegal, and for that you can be prosecuted, you can go to prison,” he said. “These very aggressive tax avoidance schemes, they are wrong, and we should really persuade people not to do them.”
he obviously never mentioned fluffy tax avoidance .

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So basically instead of backing up your assertions that Cameron is a tax dodger you've resorted to calling him a lazy thicko:rolleyes: It must be very hard work hating everyone that's done better in life than you

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The sound of your backpeddling is deafening

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So the SNP and Labour want tax returns and confirmation that the cabinet are not using tax havens, i hope the Shadow cabinet will do the same to prove they have nothing to hide ether?. I dont think the others will be willing to divulge there information however as in true Labour process they will stick to "what's yours is mine but what's mine is my own"

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is that a real word ?

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Someone who sells backs?:D

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Martin Lewis, of the Moneysavingexpert website, just posted this on FB.

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is that the martin Lewis who advised locking into an energy tariffs before they went up- only they went down :dunce:

i'm waiting until jamie oliver backs him .