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| Aung San Suu Kyi at parliament: Politics live blog | Aung San Suu Kyi at parliament: Politics live blog |
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| 9.04am: The Treasury minister David Gauke has welcomed Jimmy Carr's decision to pull out of the K2 tax avoidance scheme and urged other people involved in it to do the same. | |
| This is what he told BBC News. | |
| I welcome what Jimmy Carr has said. I think it's the right step for him to take. All the focus has been on him. But of course there are many people who have invested in these schemes that are very artificial and contrived. They are clearly not in accordance with the intention of parliament and they are not fair on the general taxpayer who has to pay more as a consequence. | |
| I hope others who have invested in such schemes, who maybe thought "Well, it's a great opportunity to reduce my tax bill", also think carefully about it, think whether it is fair, whether it is right that they do so. | |
| 8.50am: Here's some Twitter reaction to the Jimmy Carr announcement. | 8.50am: Here's some Twitter reaction to the Jimmy Carr announcement. |
| From Stewart Wood, the Labour peer | From Stewart Wood, the Labour peer |
| Now that Jimmy Carr has apologised, I expect Cameron will be moving on to those in his party & social circles who also use tax avoidance. | Now that Jimmy Carr has apologised, I expect Cameron will be moving on to those in his party & social circles who also use tax avoidance. |
| — Stewart Wood (@StewartWood) June 21, 2012 | — Stewart Wood (@StewartWood) June 21, 2012 |
| From Labour MP Jamie Reed | From Labour MP Jamie Reed |
| Cameron tries to scapegoat Carr. Media turn up at Carr's house to doorstep him. Leveson? | Cameron tries to scapegoat Carr. Media turn up at Carr's house to doorstep him. Leveson? |
| — Jamie Reed (@jreedmp) June 21, 2012 | — Jamie Reed (@jreedmp) June 21, 2012 |
| From PoliticsHome's Paul Waugh | From PoliticsHome's Paul Waugh |
| This is funniest thing he's done in ages. Jimmy Carr admits to 'a terrible error of judgement' re taxes. Sounds like a 2nd rate MP | This is funniest thing he's done in ages. Jimmy Carr admits to 'a terrible error of judgement' re taxes. Sounds like a 2nd rate MP |
| — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) June 21, 2012 | — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) June 21, 2012 |
| Pressure now really on Gary Barlow to follow Carr's suit. Much more politically tricky for Cam, given endorsement b4 election. | Pressure now really on Gary Barlow to follow Carr's suit. Much more politically tricky for Cam, given endorsement b4 election. |
| — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) June 21, 2012 | — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) June 21, 2012 |
| From Times columnist David Aaronovitch | From Times columnist David Aaronovitch |
| Jimmy Carr has been shamed out of tax immorality. That is something of a victory, and worth celebrating. Good statement too. | Jimmy Carr has been shamed out of tax immorality. That is something of a victory, and worth celebrating. Good statement too. |
| — David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) June 21, 2012 | — David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) June 21, 2012 |
| From Labour's John Prescott | From Labour's John Prescott |
| PM attacking @jimmycarr was a media distraction to the doctors strike. Once Tory supporters were accused of doing same, we get #govelevels | PM attacking @jimmycarr was a media distraction to the doctors strike. Once Tory supporters were accused of doing same, we get #govelevels |
| — John Prescott (@johnprescott) June 21, 2012 | — John Prescott (@johnprescott) June 21, 2012 |
| From the commentator Mehdi Hasan | From the commentator Mehdi Hasan |
| If only Ken Livingstone had followed Jimmy Carr's example, eh? He might have been mayor now... #jimmycarronestepahead | If only Ken Livingstone had followed Jimmy Carr's example, eh? He might have been mayor now... #jimmycarronestepahead |
| — Mehdi Hasan (@ns_mehdihasan) June 21, 2012 | — Mehdi Hasan (@ns_mehdihasan) June 21, 2012 |
| 8.45am: "Breaking" (as they say, rather irritatingly, on Twitter). The comedian Jimmy Carr has raised the white flag. Around 16 hours after David Cameron said his involvement in the K2 tax avoidance scheme was "morally wrong", he used his Twitter feed to say he was pulling out of it. Here are the key tweets. | 8.45am: "Breaking" (as they say, rather irritatingly, on Twitter). The comedian Jimmy Carr has raised the white flag. Around 16 hours after David Cameron said his involvement in the K2 tax avoidance scheme was "morally wrong", he used his Twitter feed to say he was pulling out of it. Here are the key tweets. |
| I appreciate as a comedian, people will expect me to 'make light' of this situation, but I'm not going to in this statement | I appreciate as a comedian, people will expect me to 'make light' of this situation, but I'm not going to in this statement |
| as this is obviously a serious matter. | as this is obviously a serious matter. |
| I met with a financial advisor and he said to me "Do you want to pay less tax? It's totally legal." I said "Yes." | I met with a financial advisor and he said to me "Do you want to pay less tax? It's totally legal." I said "Yes." |
| I now realise I've made a terrible error of judgement. | I now realise I've made a terrible error of judgement. |
| Although I've been advised the K2 Tax scheme is entirely legal, and has been fully disclosed to HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs), | Although I've been advised the K2 Tax scheme is entirely legal, and has been fully disclosed to HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs), |
| I'm no longer involved in it and will in future conduct my financial affairs much more responsibly. Apologies to everyone. Jimmy Carr | I'm no longer involved in it and will in future conduct my financial affairs much more responsibly. Apologies to everyone. Jimmy Carr |
| Good for him. I'll be covering the reaction to this, as well as looking at the other big story this morning, the Daily Mail's revelation that Michael Gove wants to scrap GCSEs. And then, at about 2pm, we've got a rare press conference with David Cameron. He's giving it with the Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, but I fear it won't last long because as soon as the questions get tricky, Cameron will say she's got to head off for her speech to parliament (at 3pm). | Good for him. I'll be covering the reaction to this, as well as looking at the other big story this morning, the Daily Mail's revelation that Michael Gove wants to scrap GCSEs. And then, at about 2pm, we've got a rare press conference with David Cameron. He's giving it with the Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, but I fear it won't last long because as soon as the questions get tricky, Cameron will say she's got to head off for her speech to parliament (at 3pm). |
| As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm and another at about 4pm. | As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm and another at about 4pm. |
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