It’s good to know the government hasn’t been wasting our money after all. Oh wait, seems they have. Any contractor in the UK will have heard about IR35 – the mechanism by which HMRC is trying to close every tax reduction loop hole for contractors. After Parliament’s continual question dogding on the validity and effectiveness of IR35, the truth finally comes out that the government is wasting far more money in chasing this tax than it ever makes. But then, they’re the government. So I guess it’s still just OUR money their wasting. Wouldn’t it be better just to give them lots of money NOT to waste OUR money chasing OUR money? Oh wait, I have a better idea…
Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. I found this somewhat amusing video of undercover Chinese police subtly trying to prevent a British journalist filming a report there.
Another reason not to visit the US?
The Department of Homeland Security have now given themselves the right to nick your laptop when you go to the states.
Someone tell them about the Bill of Rights? I pity the state of the states these days.
This dodgy git is Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia, head of security, son of the Crown Prince and puppet master to hungry arms manufacturers, such as the UK’s very own BAE Systems. He’s the guy responsible for threatening poor old Tony Blair with ‘another 7/7′ if he didn’t halt the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into his alleged corrupt dealings with BAE – involving a $1bn bribe. Small fry like Blair and Bush listen to Prince Bandar, he is a man not to be messed with. I also heard he said things about Bush’s mum and nicked Tony’s dinner money - c’mon Brown, get him in a headlock and nick is hat!
I found a very interesting old video that was only recently posted to Google Video. It’s a 1996 public access cable broadcast, featuring James Collier, an investigative reporter. He and his brother had been following voting fraud in the states since the 1970’s (yep, that long). They were both shot just before the controversial 2000 US elections. This video produces enough evidence to suggest that the US just isn’t run by the people anymore – scary stuff: