The Pandora Papers

Fode N The Hole said:
That’s not really true though is it?

Plenty of governments around the world who might be classified as corrupt have laws drafted in such a way that their corrupt dealings falls outside criminal sanctions.

It doesn't really look like a shady deal though because the office building they bought was already owned by an overseas company, they didn't insist on the deal be structured in such a way, and it was brought into UK tax regime following the transfer.

There might have been other reasons why they might jave wanted to acquire the holding comapny as a going concern before dissolving it into their own company. Contracts for maintenance and security etc may have been kept, rather than void them and renegotiate new terms.
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So of all the buildings that were available this was the only one that was deemed good enough for what it was required for, ergh offices. Right got you.
 
Blue Mist said:
Eh ? You started the thread, presumably without any research. You were so confident that Tories would be named. You even accused the Mail of making up a story to deflect from it.
The only political name to be outed is the War Criminal, has a Conservative, Liberal green thingy been named yet ?
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I was confident coz it was dirty money and wherever that is you'll find Tories. As yet no Ministers named but 3 large donors to them from abroad have been found - its a lot to go through but they will get there. As for Blair they ran out of Labour names to find at that point it seems and what he did was both wrong but long after he was involved in Politics. These donations of suspect money are now - whilst the Tories are in Govt. Do you think its ok for Tories to accept large donations from people who may be laundering money?

www.bbc.co.uk

Pandora Papers: Questions over Tory donations by ex-Russian minister's wife

Documents reveal the scale of the secret offshore financial wealth she shares with her husband.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Blue Mist said:
Who me ? I didn't claim anything. Media investigators named the war criminal and he has accepted he did not pay stamp duty by using an offshore company.

He has not offered to pay it back.
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He wasn't the last Labour PM though was he?
 
Blue Mist said:
Who me ? I didn't claim anything. Media investigators named the war criminal and he has accepted he did not pay stamp duty by using an offshore company.

He has not offered to pay it back.
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Pay what back?
He bought all the shares in an overseas company and that didn’t incur UK stamp duty.
 
I see we are at the ‘but, but, BLAIR!’ stage of the argument.

Man stopped being PM nearly 15 years ago, and he is still far more competent then any of the arseholes that followed him.

And I didn’t even vote for the guy.
 
Blue Mist said:
So of all the buildings that were available this was the only one that was deemed good enough for what it was required for, ergh offices. Right got you.
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I don't know, but there are only so many buildings like that around Marylebone and Mayfair. They set up a UK company to purchase it and take it under UK tax regime, so whilst the loophole remains it is a less desirable asset for any potential buyer.
 
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