Reply to: Football arrests...

[AtW]

C'mon MF, punch me in the kisser, I triple dare you...

FTFY

[Mordac]

C'mon Cojak, put us out of our misery...

[squarepeg]

Muslim terrorists or lone wolves?

I guess someone kept claiming "Hookers and Blow" as business expenses. HMRC probably got sick of the non-itemised VAT invoices for those expenses and got a bit carried away in the process.

[northernladyuk]

Newcastle and West Ham raided in HMRC probe - BBC News

Muslim terrorists or lone wolves?

[AtW]

Arrests are customary...

[squarepeg]

HMRC can arrest people?

(Or have them arrested?)

Yes, they can.

[Mordac]

Karen Brady?

No, she's ex Birmingham City, as are the owners, Sullivan & Gold.

[Mordac]

The only other one I can think of is Glenn Roeder. But I don't see the relevance of the Q. Managers aren't responsible for paying HMRC, it's the clubs' financial departments.

[WTFH]

Sam Allardyce?

[FiveTimes]

And who is the connection between Newcastle and West Ham?

Alan Pardew ?

[NotAllThere]

And who is the connection between Newcastle and West Ham?

Hector. HMRC shorted both clubs and then raided.

[BrilloPad]

And who is the connection between Newcastle and West Ham?

Karen Brady?

[cojak]

And who is the connection between Newcastle and West Ham?

[BrilloPad]

Thanks to the Tories, HMRC can re-write laws change rules and apply them retrospectively, but to some people you're not allowed to say anything bad about our benevolent dictators.

I thought it was Labour that introduced retrospection in 2008? Tories opposed it in opposition then supported it.

I suppose they do whatever HMRC tell them....

[Mordac]

It's the C in HMRC that gifted them power.

Indeed, it was said that Customs & Excise (as was) had more power than God (no warrants needed). And to whoever it was who blamed the Tories, this happened in 2004/5, under our old friends Bliar and Bruin. But of course you knew that already...