Panama Papers - America, fraud yeah! [UPDATE]Pakistani PM DQ'd from holding public office

Skippy wrote:An IBTimes UK link that wasn't posted by me!

twitter.com/ShehabKhan/status/717655579695661056

That would be a resounding "yes" then.

Eighthours wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Winckle wrote:It would be nice if we stopped referring to "the left" as a monolithic entity. Anarchists and Socialists could both be said to be left wing, but grouping them together is rather pointless.

Don't be silly, every single person of the left (left means anywhere to the left of Nigel Farage) has the exact same beliefs and opinions.

Just like those Tory banana splits, eh?

Well they are part of the left wing.

Moggy wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Winckle wrote:It would be nice if we stopped referring to "the left" as a monolithic entity. Anarchists and Socialists could both be said to be left wing, but grouping them together is rather pointless.

Don't be silly, every single person of the left (left means anywhere to the left of Nigel Farage) has the exact same beliefs and opinions.

Just like those Tory banana splits, eh?

I am not sure I have ever called all Tories banana splits. It is a bit silly to group everyone together as a hivemind just because of the party they support, with the exception of those supporting extreme single issue parties (and even then I am sure they disagree on many issues).

Like that survey kklein posted with 3% of UKIP members intending to vote to stay in the EU. :lol:

Winckle wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Winckle wrote:It would be nice if we stopped referring to "the left" as a monolithic entity. Anarchists and Socialists could both be said to be left wing, but grouping them together is rather pointless.

Don't be silly, every single person of the left (left means anywhere to the left of Nigel Farage) has the exact same beliefs and opinions.

Just like those Tory banana splits, eh?

I am not sure I have ever called all Tories banana splits. It is a bit silly to group everyone together as a hivemind just because of the party they support, with the exception of those supporting extreme single issue parties (and even then I am sure they disagree on many issues).

Like that survey kklein posted with 3% of UKIP members intending to vote to stay in the EU.

To stop Cal or Grumpy David jumping on me, I wasn't really thinking of UKIP there (they're single issue but not massively extreme imo), more the likes of the BNP or Britain First.

I really strawberry floating wish Cameron's father wasn't dead. It makes it so much harder to go for the jugular when his old man's passed away.

I think Cam needs to run the numbers and make a big charitable donation to show he hasn't been made better off due to this.

PostYesterday's man by **Saint of Killers** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:12 pm

That shot of Cameron in the back of a car, looking tired and peering over his reading glasses :wub:

My Twitter is full of militant anti-Tories taking about 'Shame on Cameron' and #ResignCameron and this guy...

twitter.com/snowden/status/718229668860665856

If only Cameron were more like Putin eh Ed

Cameron would allow Snowden to be extradited back to the U.S., where he faces a show trial - particularly if Trump or Cruz are elected in November. The enemy of his enemy is his friend, but that doesn't mean he's any fonder of Putin than he is the U.S.

I think most if not all European countries would allow him to be extradited to America.

Does America have much of a history of show trials? There's plenty of people in the states who support him. He committed a crime, that much is beyond dispute, it's just whether a lawyer could argue it was in the public interest and there'd be people queuing up around the block to do that and as strawberry floated up as America may be I can't see a judge being told the verdict before the trial began. Certainly not to the extent of the Ukrainian pilot that got found guilty of killing two two journalists in Russia this week (or maybe last week).

It doesn't have a positive history of treating whistleblowers well. Most seem to end up in prison.

There's a petition on holding another election in 2016 because of this.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/122946

If Cameron DOES Resign, it will be because of Brexit winning not some Twitter influenced protest.

Alvin Flummux wrote:It doesn't have a positive history of treating whistleblowers well. Most seem to end up in prison.

Yeah, just look at Manning who came to light around the same time as Snowden. And those were a lower tier of state secret

Offshore finance: more than £12tn siphoned out of emerging countries

Analysis shows £1.3tn of assets from Russia sitting offshore, as David Cameron prepares to host anti-corruption summit

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ron-summit

Panama Papers include dozens of Americans tied to financial frauds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investig ... ge%2Fstory

Panama Papers affair widens as database goes online

https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36249982

Emma Watson named in Panama Papers leak database

Spokesperson says the actress does not use offshore company for tax or monetary purposes

Emma Watson has been named in a database containing details of the Panama Papers leak.

The Harry Potter actress’s name was found by The Spectator in a searchable database containing more details about the Panama Papers tax avoidance scandal.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published data on more than 200,000 entities on its website on Monday evening. The database contains information on companies, trusts and foundations and users can see networks involving the offshore companies.

Watson’s spokesperson confirmed the 26-year-old had set up an offshore company. However, the spokesperson said she does not receive any tax or monetary advantages whatsoever. Instead, the spokesperson said she uses it for privacy purposes.

“Emma (like many high profile individuals) set up an offshore company for the sole purpose of protecting her anonymity and safety,” her spokesperson said in a statement.

“UK companies are required to publicly publish details of their shareholders and therefore do not give her the necessary anonymity required to protect her personal safety, which has been jeopardised in the past owing to such information being publicly available.

“Offshore companies do not publish these shareholder details. Emma receives absolutely no tax or monetary advantages from this offshore company whatsoever – only privacy.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 23126.html

Pakistani court disqualifies PM Nawaz Sharif from office - Investigative panel alleges prime minister’s family cannot account for its vast wealth

The case against Sharif emerged in 2015 after the Panama Papers leak linked his children to offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in relation to the purchase of upmarket property in London.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... rom-office

Corazon de Leon

Saint of Killers wrote:
Pakistani court disqualifies PM Nawaz Sharif from office - Investigative panel alleges prime minister’s family cannot account for its vast wealth

The case against Sharif emerged in 2015 after the Panama Papers leak linked his children to offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in relation to the purchase of upmarket property in London.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... rom-office

Bet that's rocked the casbah.

Corazon de Leon wrote:
Saint of Killers wrote:
Pakistani court disqualifies PM Nawaz Sharif from office - Investigative panel alleges prime minister’s family cannot account for its vast wealth

The case against Sharif emerged in 2015 after the Panama Papers leak linked his children to offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands in relation to the purchase of upmarket property in London.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... rom-office

Bet that's rocked the casbah.

Sharif don't like it...

Panama Papers - America, fraud yeah! [UPDATE]Pakistani PM DQ'd from holding public office

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