tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post8999514350982310821..comments2024-03-28T23:56:22.210+00:00Comments on HMRC Is Shite: Ooh The Irony!Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-64181710693975787402009-10-06T11:43:24.694+01:002009-10-06T11:43:24.694+01:00I presume you're referring to this article: ht...I presume you're referring to this article: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6860238.ece<br /><br />Interesting that it suggests HMRC had a go at them for this a couple of years ago (though it doesn't say the outcome - if anything it's likely that the Beeb tightened up its contracts to ensure they didn't fall foul of IR35). Makes it seem somewhat less ironic, don't you think.<br /><br />If nothing else, surely the fact that our main broadcaster (which is only taxpayer-funded in so far as the government tops up the discounted licence fees of the over-75s) is sufficiently free from government to be able to do this shows that we don't yet live in quite as oppressive a dictatorship (24/09/09) as words like "propaganda" would imply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-11135447051867972262009-10-06T11:24:49.974+01:002009-10-06T11:24:49.974+01:00Well, if you can have a freelance Director General...Well, if you can have a freelance Director General ....<br /><br />Perhaps these stars are all doing blue skies thinking for our much admired and beloved government.John B Strygenoreply@blogger.com