This Cameron non-story

[sasguru]

It's still a story though due to the way it was handled, you framed your question wrong, did he do anything illegal or immoral? No he just looks a bit of a hypocrite.

If we all got done for hypocrisy, probably 90% of people in the world would qualify.
That's why it's a non-story.

TBH the press should be having a go at Corbyn, for being a feckless waste of space, who in spite of his privileged upbringing, has done nothing of note but suckle at the public teat all his life.

[sasguru]

David Cameron's taxes: What the Panama Papers really reveal about David Cameron | The Economist



Probably hard to get the message through some very thick journalistic skulls though,

How did British journalism sink to these depths. Basically they're now publishing complete sh**te on a daily basis.

Journalists usually have non-analytical degrees. They're not usually the brightest.

[DimPrawn]

David Cameron's taxes: What the Panama Papers really reveal about David Cameron | The Economist



Probably hard to get the message through some very thick journalistic skulls though,

How did British journalism sink to these depths. Basically they're now publishing complete sh**te on a daily basis.

Are these the wittiest Snapchats EVER? | Daily Mail Online

Daily Fail is still quality though.

[BrilloPad]

So we all in it together?

[sasguru]

There is a lot of bitterness among the journalistic fraternity - in the 70s/80s it was all boozy lunches and expense accounts and a nice easy life - now their thunder has been stolen by bloggers and social media sites, printed press is in decline as it all goes online and they can't make a nice easy living like they used to.
Hence they're all suddenly becoming anti-money and bashing bankers, landlords, IT entrepreneurs etc

[sasguru]

So we all in it together?

What does that question mean in this context?

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/04...ancellor-ever/

[DodgyAgent]

So if journalists are baying for blood, you suspend your analytical judgement and assume they're right?
Were you dropped on your head as a baby?
What law has Cameron broken exactly?

It is the hypocrisy of a man trying to be seen as a man of the people

Jimmy Carr, once pilloried by David Cameron over his tax affairs, hits back | UK Politics | News | The Independent

[BrilloPad]

There is a lot of bitterness among the journalistic fraternity - in the 70s/80s it was all boozy lunches and expense accounts and a nice easy life - now their thunder has been stolen by bloggers and social media sites, printed press is in decline as it all goes online and they can't make a nice easy living like they used to.
Hence they're all suddenly becoming anti-money and bashing bankers, landlords, IT entrepreneurs etc

Of course you are not bitter at all.

[sasguru]

It is the hypocrisy of a man trying to be seen as a man of the people

Jimmy Carr, once pilloried by David Cameron over his tax affairs, hits back | UK Politics | News | The Independent

From that link:

"That is wrong. There is nothing wrong with people planning their tax affairs to invest in their pension and plan for their retirement – that sort of tax management is fine. But some of these schemes we have seen are quite frankly morally wrong." - Cameron 2012.

Which is fine. Carr was using a blatantly dodgy tax-evasion scheme as used by some on this forum.
Very different from planning to give your children your inheritance 7 years before you die or using investment trusts that everyone with a pension indirectly uses anyway.

[BrilloPad]

What does that question mean in this context?

George Osborne has squeezed more from the rich than any UK Chancellor, ever | Coffee House

A very balanced article. Not in the least bit right wing.