As far as im aware he hasnt thrown them out for not toeing the party line but for disrespecting other party members and the party itself. As you can see it was only a minor rejig of the cabinet rather than a full reshuffle
Good programme coming up on BBC 2 soon about a small welsh town who, fed up with the big corporations not paying their fair share of tax, decided to employ the same tax avoidance schemes so as to challenge HMRC and the chancellor and highlight the issue of tax avoidance. http://fairtaxtown.com/
Yeah I heard a few Welsh towns did that in the end. I don't know the details of the scheme but it got a lot of support when it 1st got reported on, fair play to them... (obviously I, or they, aren't endorsing tax avoidance but it's a great way to highlight the issue).
It's funny you mentioned they show as I had a email from Change.org about a petition by Steve Lewis who was apparently one of the people who started that campaign in Crickhowell. He is now starting a campaign to be given the vacant job of Chief Exec of HM Revenue & Customs - saying he'll be a taxman that actually collects tax (ie from the tax dodgers and big companies). https://www.change.org/p/consider-s...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
Mine too. It's funny, all through my business degree it was looked at as natural that big businesses got tax breaks, subsidises and financial benefits for moving to/staying in a country, because they were the wealth creators. But you can clearly see, especially since the global recession, that this wealth is mostly taken out of the country to offshore banks and the jobs created only exist as long as the government keeps paying millions (or more) subsidies for no tax.
It's the old argument for the establishment, 'we create the wealth and therefore deserve special treatment, whilst you peasants should be subject to the full force of taxation and punitive laws'. It doesn't wash, and never has. It was the excuse that the bankers used and they got found out big time. People are waking up to the fact that the 'trickle down economics' of allowing a few people to control all of the wealth/assets is bollocks and actually only benefits the wealthy.
Politics of envy! Labour ruined the economy! Look over there, that bloke eats sandwiches a bit funny!
Arsenal-supporting father fakes official club letter to ensure his son remains a Gooner One of the biggest concerns for any parent is whether or not their offspring will grow up to support the same team as them. It’s a potential minefield that poses many questions – when do you start to broach the issue? How quickly can you disown them if they start supporting your rivals? But one Arsenal-supporting father has come up with an ingenious way to tackle this exact issue – by faking an official Arsenal letter to convince his son to remain a Gooner. Growing concerned at his son Charlie’s apparent desire to swap Arsenal for Liverpool or Manchester City, Paul Gardiner pretended to be Arsene Wenger and ‘wrote’ a letter urging his boy to stick with the Gunners. It’s a pretty solid effort, complete with Arsenal letter header and everything, and it looks like Paul’s efforts have got their just rewards. ‘I came home last night and he had made a I love Arsenal picture,’ he told Metro.co.uk. ‘Mission accomplished!’
Anyone see Ramsay on League of their Own? His trick with the golf ball was pretty cool. Good to see he's good at something . J Redknapp's tallest ever keepy uppy was pretty good too. Ramsay's trick is here http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com...eir-own-tomorrow-night-to-adjudicate-m-413668
Been reading a lot more into the Syrian crisis over the past month or so and I came across this: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/12/syria-truth-smugglers-bashar-al-assad-war-crimes Brilliant read. Until this filthy, disgusting man is locked away or killed, Syria will continue to be a hellhole that innocent people will continue to suffer in.
I am assuming you are referring to Assad who is, indeed, a tyrant. Trouble is, as soon as he is removed, ISIS will move in with equally devastating consequences. There are no winners here. It is depressing to see just how low man's inhumanity to fellow man can sink. The quicker the 'court' can be set up the better. Thank you for the link.
From the wise words of Tuco "One bastard goes in, another comes out". Unfortunately there isn't anyone available good coming in and there never will be anyone good coming in, especially when the b@stards are pulling the strings.
The problems in Syria have long existed before ISIS became prominent. Assad, in my opinion at least, is the worst dictator in the Middle East at the moment, probably the world. Whilst IS are disgusting and barbaric to say the least, 95% of civilian deaths have been as a result of Assad's policies. And that's not a bogus statistic, that is according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. It doesn't help when the man himself trades with ISIS for telecommunications and electricity. If he genuinely saw them as a threat, he would not be trading with them and if ISIS were that serious about this 'Sunni Islamic Caliphate', why did they retreat from the Alawite government's main arena in Damascus? http://time.com/3719129/assad-isis-asset/ Some of us over here in western countries are guilty of judging the rebel groups and the way certain civilians act by the normal parameters as we would for parties or groups over here. And when you've been in a regime that has been so destructive, that has killed hundreds and thousands of people, displacing individuals in their millions, we're not in a position to judge how these people act or the way they do things because this way of life is all they have known for years and they just want to be freed from all the bombing and torture and killing and raping. If you actually listen to what a lot of the rebel groups say, whilst they may differ on ideology and some laws, the fundamental aims are the same; they want to oust Assad and they want to get rid of ISIS. They are trying to fight two battles at once. For me, as soon as you get rid of Assad, IS's main sources of funding is taken away. Give the Syrian people a mandate to govern, let these rebel groups tackle ISIS properly without being shelled/subsidised by Assad and hopefully that would go a long, long way in defeating ISIS and restoring peace in at least one region in the Middle East. Treating the rebel groups and ISIS as one homogenous entity is completely wrong.
