My view is that she should resign as a minister, if HMRC impose a penalty. But, not otherwise. Essentially, penalties are imposed depending on whether the underpayment was innocent, negligent, or del… (View Post)

In which case, there would be no underpayment. However, she says that there was an underpayment. So, the Return was incorrect. That might be an innocent, or negligent mistakr, rather than fraudulent,… (View Post)

Lush's wretched employment record proves that "The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons." (View Post)

No, and no, mostly . (View Post)

The Russian economy is certainly in recession now. Despite what is sometimes claimed, Russia has not actually gone over to a Total War economy. Military expenditure is about 7% of GDP, which is high,… (View Post)