Offshore funds

• howard mcsweeney1

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  5 November 2017     20:10335319
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  Lord Cashrich and Her Majesty are named here but no mention of Bob.
  
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/paradise-papers-tax-haven-secrets-the-queen-appleby-law-firm-offshore-finance-a8039041.html
• Guest 1881

  • Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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  5 November 2017     20:40335320
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  Be under no illusion, Captain Haddock, by the very definition of his nautical name is an offshore entity.
  
  
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• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
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  6 November 2017     00:02335324
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  On the plus side at least no-one has ever accused the Queen of being a hypocritical virtue-signalling tosser? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/bono-malta-firm-buy-lithuania-shopping-centre-u2-paradise-papers
  
  It is worth mentioning that most of the UK’s big media organisations shelter assets and cash flows offshore. Top of the hypocrites in this respect is The Guardian. They put their assets in the Caymans, and they used a Luxembourg tax shell designed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers to funnel cash flows beyond the reach of HMRC. They previously blamed the difficult economic environment for committing the sins for which they condemn others. This isn’t just hypocrisy, this is an insult to us all. The Guardian’s entire heritage is one of tax dodging, the original founding Scott Trust was itself a tax dodge. They have year after year avoided tens of millions of taxes…
  "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Terry Nunn

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  6 November 2017     07:17335326
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  I note also that HMQ has shares in Brighthouse a company described by Barnado's as being morally bankrupt.
  
  Terry
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  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
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  6 November 2017     14:13335336
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   Terry Nunn wrote:

  I note also that HMQ has shares in Brighthouse a company described by Barnado's as being morally bankrupt.
  

  
  
  Just to have some sense of proportion, the BrightHouse holding is all of £3,208 (as of today) - probably a lot less than many actually 'owe' BrightHouse.
  "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson