tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post3155799809934620437..comments2024-03-29T12:42:09.985+00:00Comments on HMRC Is Shite: Above The LawKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-56208943067280650812009-05-19T12:25:00.000+01:002009-05-19T12:25:00.000+01:00Maybe Sir John Kerr had the right idea.Maybe Sir John Kerr had the right idea.John B Strygenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-48327543400395126752009-05-19T09:34:00.000+01:002009-05-19T09:34:00.000+01:00In fact, I'm going to go one step further here and...In fact, I'm going to go one step further here and speculate on what the conversation was probably really like before it got sexed up (by Casagranda, the journos, or both) to make a good news story.<br /><br />If I had been the head of risk at this meeting and Casagranda had suggested a project on MPs' expenses, I would probably have taken him aside at the end to offer him a friendly reminder that it wasn't the job of his office to look into MPs as there was a separate unit that does it and staff at 'ordinary' compliance offices can find themselves having to answer a lot of awkward questions if they look up individuals on that particular list.<br /><br />Casagranda may or may not have interpreted this chat as a threat. The head of risk may well have come across a bit too firmly at the time. However, I strongly doubt that any warning would have been given that was as strong as is suggested by the headline. Everyone is given essentially that talk on day one, and it probably always contains a variation of "lose your job" somewhere in it, so yes, technically, it's a threat of the sack.<br /><br />However, for the head of risk to have reminded him of this talk sounds like an entirely reasonable thing to do. Depending on what had been said during the meeting he might not have been doing his job properly if he didn't say something.<br /><br />Now I've made a few assumptions here and I may well be wrong, but they are at least based on knowledge of the department and at least a passing consideration for human nature.<br /><br />Let's not lose sight of the fact that the guy's trying to promote a book! Everyone that reads this blog is, I hope, intelligent enough to realise that the truth of things like this usually lies somewhere between the official line and what fits the media's agenda that day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-63690459521176390962009-05-19T09:10:00.000+01:002009-05-19T09:10:00.000+01:00Further to my last (0840) post, and at risk of set...Further to my last (0840) post, and at risk of setting off further tirades of the usual ill-informed piffle, see:<br /><br />http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3256322.ece<br /><br />which refers to the special team in Cardiff that deals with BOTH MPs and celebrities, contrary to what Mr Casagranda suggests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-78116332829405668802009-05-19T08:40:00.000+01:002009-05-19T08:40:00.000+01:00"But Mr Casagranda, who is writing a book on his e..."But Mr Casagranda, who is writing a book on his experiences at HMRC, said there was no similar ban on investigating famous names."<br /><br />Well that's wrong for a start!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-56698423796648637682009-05-18T22:35:00.000+01:002009-05-18T22:35:00.000+01:00HMRC above the law but not above MPs? Sounds about...HMRC above the law but not above MPs? Sounds about right. I can see why these bastard MPs have been so arrogant. I'm sure they will carry on with shamelessness. Look at the Speaker? <br /><br />Cromwell might have been a tyrant, but word for word this can be applied to these scum-suckers today. <br /><br />The people wont suffer such injustices for too long and god knows we've all suffered enough. <br /><br />They've had their day in the sun and the people of this country are making a stand. <br /><br />What will become of HMRC when their Lord and Master Gordon Brown is out on his arse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-23142009349751012122009-05-18T19:23:00.000+01:002009-05-18T19:23:00.000+01:00Anon 1.
Nothing changes ...
Anon 2.
I would lik...Anon 1.<br /><br />Nothing changes ...<br /><br />Anon 2.<br /><br />I would like to see the authorities take action Then we will know that, again, nothing has changed ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-15720105931268448812009-05-18T15:10:00.000+01:002009-05-18T15:10:00.000+01:00Anom 12:18
was that a none too subtle threat to M...Anom 12:18<br /><br />was that a none too subtle threat to Mr Casagranda?Ken Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-62619417931056535422009-05-18T14:53:00.000+01:002009-05-18T14:53:00.000+01:00Clive James is now spouting off that because other...Clive James is now spouting off that because other countries MPs etc are more corrupt than ours, then it's all OK here in comparison.<br /><br />So, knowing that some people heisted a hell of a lot of gold down south a while back - it'll be OK for me to go and hold up a village post office at gunpoint this afternoon then...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-57615430947780563082009-05-18T12:18:00.000+01:002009-05-18T12:18:00.000+01:00Mr Casagranda, did you not sign the Offical Secret...Mr Casagranda, did you not sign the Offical Secrets Act in your employment with HMRC? <br /><br />Although you have not named the MP concerned surely you are in breach?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-26003462689466911542009-05-18T11:11:00.000+01:002009-05-18T11:11:00.000+01:00Cromwell's speech to parliament:-
"It is high tim...Cromwell's speech to parliament:-<br /><br />"It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.<br /><br />Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God; which of you have not barter'd your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?<br /><br />Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd this sacred place, and turn'd the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices? Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get grievances redress'd, are yourselves gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors.<br /><br />In the name of God, go!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com