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@UK_Get_Real There are lots of good ideas for dealing with it, Chris. And that is one of them.
The G8 has the ability to take radical action on corporate tax evasion. But don't hold your breath. gu.com/p/3gtnv/tw
The G8 could act radically to stop tax avoidance. Don't bet on it
guardian.co.uk — This week, the prime minister gets to be a president: president of the G8 summit that opens at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland tomorrow. In the eight years that have passed since Britain last hosted the club, much has changed.
The two Eds take the first steps on a long and hard road. gu.com/p/3ge4q/tf
The two Eds take the first painful steps on a long and hard road
guardian.co.uk — You look at your watch. You tap your feet. You have waited ages for someone at the top of the Labour party to say something of significance and you are reaching the despairing conclusion that nothing will ever turn up. And then two big speeches arrive together.
Patrick Mercer: one small symptom of something much bigger and more insidious.
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Too many MPs are wrapped in the tentacles of the lobbyists
guardian.co.uk — Whenever another one of them is caught, there is a temptation to sigh: will they never learn?
@dcbath Not really. By the Chancellor's own account he's settled with only smaller departments.
David Cameron isn't even among friends in his own cabinet now
guardian.co.uk — Reports of the grisly death of Drummer Lee Rigby on the streets of London first reached David Cameron as he travelled with François Hollande from an EU summit in Brussels to Paris. By the time they reached Gare du Nord, the prime minister had decided to curtail his planned talks with the French president in order to get himself back to Britain.
@rafaelbehr @rob_marchant Exactly. Very Life of Brian and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Judea, etc.
@Valentineanne1 Thanks, Anne. That sort of delusion certainly comes into it.
@StRemeze Many thanks, Ashley.
@marketingwizdom Many thanks, Robert. Appreciate you saying so.
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