The Chronicles of Rishi

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by Mr K

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...wear-seatbelt/

He's a serial law breaker, lock him up !

Beltgate

Originally Posted by Mr K

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...wear-seatbelt/

He's a serial law breaker, lock him up !

It’s not his fault - he was ambushed by a seatbelt!

or

"all guidance was followed completely by No 10"

or

"I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no seatbelt and that no seatbelt rules were broken.”

or

"I believed implicitly that I was wearing a seatbelt, but with hindsight, I should have sat back down and made sure"

or

"Nobody told me that what I was doing was against the rules"

or

"I was not wearing the seatbelt for less than 10 minutes"

or

get Jacob Rees-Mogg to say it was important to consider whether seatbelt rules and regulations were “too hard on people”."

Just getting them out there before OB does…

[Sephiroth]

Zahawi was Chancellor and thus able to change tax laws to close loopholes. It is a clear conflict of interest that he did not choose to do so.

I don't care about the seatbelt. Did it, bit stupid, got fined.

Zahawi is a lot worse.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Damien

I don't care about the seatbelt. Did it, bit stupid, got fined.

Zahawi is a lot worse.

I do care about the seatbelt. Regardless of the severity of the crime, it says 'I'm above the law, and can even get away with filming myself doing it. '
The law is only for plebs.

And yes Zahawi is worse, but par for the course with this lot.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Damien

I don't care about the seatbelt. Did it, bit stupid, got fined.

Zahawi is a lot worse.

Lester Piggott and Boris Becker went to jail for tax evasion. Zahawi needs to show that he was not trying to evade tax.

Or is it one law for those in higher places and one law for us little people.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Damien

I don't care about the seatbelt. Did it, bit stupid, got fined.

Zahawi is a lot worse.

Seat belt likely just a mistake.

Zahawi apparently paid back millions. The statements he's made and the very specific nature of them are not encouraging.
https://news.sky.com/story/nadhim-za...laims-12790822

[Sephiroth]

Another nail in the Conservative Party's coffin. I'm so angry.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by denphone

Lester Piggott and Boris Becker went to jail for tax evasion. Zahawi needs to show that he was not trying to evade tax.

Or is it one law for those in higher places and one law for us little people.

They evaded less than Zahawi to and lets not forget at the time he made the rules he broke.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Another nail in the Conservative Party's coffin. I'm so angry.

Why you angry, you can't honestly expect anything less from them

[papa smurf]

HMRC now in profit with this account,what's the problem.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Seat belt likely just a mistake.

Zahawi apparently paid back millions. The statements he's made and the very specific nature of them are not encouraging.
https://news.sky.com/story/nadhim-za...laims-12790822

if he had any sense he would self identify as a pregnant woman,and not need a belt

[Kursk]

Honestly, the huge machinery of motoring law enforcement is ridiculous. The bitching about petty little things is what “keeps us all in our place” whilst Rome burns.

I never wear a seatbelt when cycling . FGS let the PM do his job.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Kursk

Honestly, the huge machinery of motoring law enforcement is ridiculous. The bitching about petty little things is what “keeps us all in our place” whilst Rome burns.

I never wear a seatbelt when cycling . FGS let the PM do his job.

If only …

[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Kursk

Honestly, the huge machinery of motoring law enforcement is ridiculous. The bitching about petty little things is what “keeps us all in our place” whilst Rome burns.

I never wear a seatbelt when cycling . FGS let the PM do his job.

But he is doing his job. He is rogering the general public whilst at the same time enabling obscene wealth for his Tory donors and supporters.

If you are interested in the backstory on the tax dodger, here it is: https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/19/zahawi_story/

One of the smoking guns:

9 July 2022: I conclude that, when Zahawi established YouGov in 2000, he arranged for the founder shares that would have been his to go to Balshore. It paid nothing for the shares. The only plausible reason for this is tax avoidance. I check my conclusions carefully and speak to tax accountants, solicitors, QCs and retired HMRC inspectors, as well as entrepreneurs familiar with startup formation. I’m stunned by the unanimity of opinion: this stinks.

Written by the journalist who broke the story. Not pretty reading for Tory supporters.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by ianch99

Not pretty reading for Tory supporters.

Some of them might say "Good on you mate. I'd have tried that too too if I was in your shoes. Well done for all those jobs and creating a successful British company."

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

If only …

If only the Conservative party membership would get behind him...

Originally Posted by ianch99

But he is doing his job. He is rogering the general public whilst at the same time enabling obscene wealth for his Tory donors and supporters.

If you are interested in the backstory on the tax dodger, here it is: https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/19/zahawi_story/

One of the smoking guns:

Written by the journalist who broke the story. Not pretty reading for Tory supporters.

I am on about the seatbelt thing; the tax thing, on the face of it, is reprehensible.