The biggest demonstrations in British history occurred just a few years ago, in protest to the invasion of Iraq. Perhaps you had a lie in and missed them.

(Of course, by the time “lenin’s” mob had led that mass movement into the blind alley of antinomian Trottery, the numbers willing to march had dwindled to an insignificant fraction. Perhaps there’s a lesson there with regard to the “comradely” relations the Leftists on this site have with the likes of the SWP.)

Despite the fact that many of those protesting won’t be affected because they will have left by the time the new fees come in? Or are too young to vote but will be directly affected by the education cuts and fees so have no other way of making their voice heard?

Nice try.

It’s funny how much people have got their knickers in a twist over the completely legal action of tax avoidance. It is the legal right of every man, woman and child to pay as little tax as the law allows. I avoid tax by taking advantage of modest share offers at work. How soon until people come knocking at my door demanding I pay up?

Before anyone flames me for being sneery, what do you expect? I don’t see any other mechanism being proposed here for HMRC getting at Mrs Green, unless the point of the protests is just to be self-righteous without achieving anything. I really can’t see the left doing that.

Agreed.

I’m pretty sure Vodafone was found to have evaded tax by courts in not one but two jurisdictions! We can argue how much intent there was on the part of Vodafone to evade tax as opposed to what they thought was legal avoidance. But in both the UK and India they have been lawfully found to have outstanding tax bills that they claimed not to have.

“If you can prove that they dodged tax in court, get on with it and sue them.”

Yes, I think it would be good for HMRC to enter into talks with Vodafone about getting the tax bill repaid. It should be a simple task, and I’m sure the bill will be paid in full so long as nothing untoward…oh.

If you can prove that they dodged tax in court, get on with it and sue them.

” “Tax evaders” generally are, eventually, held to account – made to pay back taxes, fined and sometimes prosecuted. This is because tax *evasion* is illegal.”

Really? I take it that you haven’t been reading the ongoing saga of the Vodaphone tax “negotiations” reported in Private Eye then.

Alix – the plan is to keep up the public limelight on tax avoidance until the govt is forced to do something about it. It’s best to keep certain goals simple.