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David Gauke - More evidence of duplicity

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    David Gauke - More evidence of duplicity

    Minister in cash row keeps £27,000 profit from sale of second home - Telegraph

    A Treasury minister who said it was “morally wrong” to pay tradesmen cash-in-hand is keeping thousands of pounds from the sale of his taxpayer-funded second home. Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary, made £67,000 in profit from the sale of his London flat, but under parliamentary rules is not required to return all the profit he made to the expenses watchdog.

    An investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches found that although Mr Gauke made tens of thousands of pounds when he sold the property in Kennington, he is understood to have repaid almost £40,000 to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).

    This is because MPs have to repay only the profit made in the previous two years.

    So much for his 'morality.'

    Carry on.
    I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

    #2
    Morality and an MP? What a novel concept, almost as novel as if a politician was found to have been honest in word and deed.

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      #3
      Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
      Morality and an MP? What a novel concept, almost as novel as if a politician was found to have been honest in word and deed.
      If UKIP are the answer, then it must have been a very stupid question.

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        #4
        Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post
        Minister in cash row keeps £27,000 profit from sale of second home - Telegraph

        A Treasury minister who said it was “morally wrong” to pay tradesmen cash-in-hand is keeping thousands of pounds from the sale of his taxpayer-funded second home. Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary, made £67,000 in profit from the sale of his London flat, but under parliamentary rules is not required to return all the profit he made to the expenses watchdog.

        An investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches found that although Mr Gauke made tens of thousands of pounds when he sold the property in Kennington, he is understood to have repaid almost £40,000 to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).

        This is because MPs have to repay only the profit made in the previous two years.

        So much for his 'morality.'

        Carry on.
        Sounds like he has the same moral compass as you do when it comes to paying his share.

        “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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          #5
          Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post
          So much for his 'morality.'
          Not sure what the problem is here - if he got caught paying cash to plumber then yes, he'd be a liar, but he merely cashed in some money from ever raising house prices with big part returned (£40k out of £67k).

          It's only £27k anyway, how much did you "avoid" paying in that scheme of yours?

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            #6
            Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
            Sounds like he has the same moral compass as you do when it comes to paying his share.

            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            Not sure what the problem is here - if he got caught paying cash to plumber then yes, he'd be a liar, but he merely cashed in some money from ever raising house prices with big part returned (£40k out of £67k).

            It's only £27k anyway, how much did you "avoid" paying in that scheme of yours?
            Is BB a filthy off shore tax dodge?
            The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

            George Frederic Watts

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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              #7
              Originally posted by speling bee View Post
              Is BB a filthy off shore tax dodge?
              Ask him.

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                #8
                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                Ask him.
                I did but he directed the question to a shell company in the Dutch Antilles
                The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

                George Frederic Watts

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by speling bee View Post
                  I did but he directed the question to a shell company in the Dutch Antilles
                  He'll be back soon to give you more precise directions ...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
                    Sounds like he has the same moral compass as you do when it comes to paying his share.

                    BB did pay his share. However so did Gauke.

                    The difference is that Gauke has allowed the law to be changed retrospectively to attacked BB. But the law is not to be changed retrospectively to attack Gauke.

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