Interesting call-in to LBC earlier from a bloke who boasts a 40 year career with HMRC as a tax investigator, who therefore knows extraordinarily well that of which he speaks. Basically, the level of the penalty imposed on , and paid by, Zahawi would indicate he is very close to the category of "deliberate but not concealed action"- very close to actual tax evasion - which would normally result in the offender being banned from holding office as a company director, etc. Which logically implies that Zahawi's position as Chair of the Conservative Party is untenable and that he should by rights resign, or be required to resign. He won't of course. Zahawi is claiming that HMRC found his actions to be in the lesser category of "careless and not deliberate".
What it points to is something that most people already know - that Zahawi is fundamentally dishonest, selfish and venal (see: threatening email to a journalist seeking to investigate his misdemeanours). Just like Johnson. Just like Rees-Mogg. Just like every other Tory shit. He shouldn't be within a million miles of public office.
