Exodus, Loquaciousness And Made-Up Numbers….in the Daily Record

By Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61575625542197 ___________________________________________________________ Help Talking-up Scotland keep going. Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: MR JW ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 ___________________________________________________________ Wow! That Daily Record headline certainly gives the impression of a measurable exodus of Scots workers moving to England to “escape” SNP income tax. But it is a highly questionable — if not entirely misleading — statement to make. Where do these British tabloid newspapers pull their numbers from? That was a rhetorical question — just to preempt your answers. The latest published migration report from HMRC actually shows that Scotland has been a net recipient of … Continue reading Exodus, Loquaciousness And Made-Up Numbers….in the Daily Record

Taxation – It’s also almost as if Labour HQ do not know what they are doing

By Liz S Talking of Business…… Scottish Labour tweeted this on 21 February this year as stated by Anas Sarwar: “I will act to reinvigorate our high streets and town centres by making online giants pay their fair share. To do that a Scottish Labour government will introduce an Amazon Tax, delivering equality between our high streets and the online giants.” However it is now being reported that Keir Starmer is considering cutting the levy that Amazon pays in tax in the UK . (and also for other large tech companies too). MSM Monitor tweeted this yesterday : “Keir Starmer is planning … Continue reading Taxation – It’s also almost as if Labour HQ do not know what they are doing