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Originally Posted by Maggy J

Footballers/celebrities are not running the country..and we need to be sure that our politicians truly are beyond reproach.It's not a lot to ask surely?

No but actors/luvvies, musicians, authors and the like (often from highly privileged backgrounds themselves) certainly do more than their fair share of public moralising on such issues as poverty etc. and often get quite heavily involved in politics in one way or another. Of course their fans aren't likely to criticise them to the same extent as some suit in parliament, especially when it's so easy to brand them. I don't have any problem with our politicians being beyond reproach but in the real world that's asking a hell of a lot, especially when they're often damned if they do and damned if they don't. Right now it's quite fun for people to be branding all our politicians as somehow untrustworthy when I think most of them aren't any more so than anyone else.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Just read an interesting article - the Scott Trust, owners of GMG, owners of the Guardian, was set up to avoid Death Duties (the predecessor of Imheritance Tax); it was even dissolved and reformed in 1948 as it was going to be liable for taxes....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Trust_Limited

And even more interestingly, an article on the GMG Investment Fund.

http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press...fund-statement



Seems one rule/criticism for some, and another rule/lack of criticism for others....

I wonder if all those baying Guardian hacks and readers will want to comment on such appalling double standards...