The future of the UK?

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BrilloPad replied

12 November 2015, 12:28
Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View Post

Why not turn the UK into a tax haven, then we could be a centre of excellence for money laundering and corporate HQs

This!

I always wondered why QE never turned into inflation. It seems to be because its all gone to tax havens.
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lilelvis2000 replied

12 November 2015, 12:08
Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post

You can be Londons near shoring part

See thread on killing PSC.
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MrMarkyMark replied

12 November 2015, 12:03
Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View Post

That sorts London out. What about the rest of us?

You can be Londons near shoring part
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lilelvis2000 replied

12 November 2015, 12:01
That sorts London out. What about the rest of us?
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MicrosoftBob replied

12 November 2015, 11:59
Why not turn the UK into a tax haven, then we could be a centre of excellence for money laundering and corporate HQs
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MrMarkyMark replied

12 November 2015, 11:54
Originally posted by Dallas View Post

+1 to money laundering to the uks future

It was Opium, in the past, so, no worries with flushing through a little dirty money
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Dallas replied

12 November 2015, 11:50
+1 to money laundering to the uks future
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unixman replied

12 November 2015, 11:50
As finance is the regional industry of London, no London based govt. will ever allow it to go into decline. They simply don't want decline on their doorstep.

Come election time, Westminster suddenly remembers that steel and electricity are good things to have, and that London, mighty as it is, is just one town, housing a small minority of UK polulation and business.
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MrMarkyMark replied

12 November 2015, 11:32
FTFY

Forget the march of the makers; Britain's future is in money laundering
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BrilloPad started a topic The future of the UK?

12 November 2015, 11:30
The future of the UK?

Forget the march of the makers; Britain's future is in finance - Telegraph

I thought the future was immigration and never ending house price rises?

If it is finance, I hope the government will remember that finance is "Wimbledonized". The game takes place in the UK but the big players are foreign. They are off-shoring more and more. That's not just IT and MO/BO. Hedge funds have a lot of traders in tax havens.
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