Why Has The Press Now Got It In For Cameron?

[Mikhail Liebenstein]

Is it fair to assume this is Brexit related? And trying to turn the C2 voter base against the pro-EU Tory leadership?

The stories so far about Cameron amount to £300k inheritance, £30k in trust and £200k from his mother which are hardly spectacular amounts.

I know it will seem a lot to many people who can't bare the the thought of others having greater wealth than themselves, but given house prices these days, these are not huge amounts. One of the papers even thought it should say David Cameron has learnt £1m in salary as PM. Again this is hardly that spectacular.

[porca misèria]

Is it fair to assume this is Brexit related? And trying to turn the C2 voter base against the pro-EU Tory leadership?

Of course it is! They've even invoked the Royals on this one, inventing stories about the Queen and attacking her grandson. Compared to that, a mere politician is absolutely fair game.

[Bruce Banner]

My antipathy towards Cameron has nothing to do with jealousy of his wealth, rather disgust at his duplicity.

[porca misèria]

My antipathy towards Cameron has nothing to do with jealousy of his wealth, rather disgust at his duplicity.

That begs the question, why attack him now in particular? As opposed to when he's shown really spectacular hypocrisy.

[Bruce Banner]

That begs the question, why attack him now in particular? As opposed to when he's shown really spectacular hypocrisy.

I'm not attacking him now in particular.

[RichB]

Is it fair to assume this is Brexit related? And trying to turn the C2 voter base against the pro-EU Tory leadership?

The stories so far about Cameron amount to £300k inheritance, £30k in trust and £200k from his mother which are hardly spectacular amounts.

I know it will seem a lot to many people who can't bare the the thought of others having greater wealth than themselves, but given house prices these days, these are not huge amounts. One of the papers even thought it should say David Cameron has learnt £1m in salary as PM. Again this is hardly that spectacular.

Did it mention the fully expensed house? The private secretaries? The jaunts all over Europe?

[StainlessSteelCat]

They see him as a dead man walking. He's already indicated he won't stay for another term (always a mistake to go public, I feel) - and the press/public/Tory party always want something new. The thirst and greed for power is not strong within this one, and the circulating vultures sense it.

[200p]

Where's Erranta?

Remember Gordon Brown once said, in his dying days as the Prime Minister, we are witnessing the birth pangs of the NEW WORLD ORDER.

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If George Soros and the US have funded the leaks, a broken Europe would favour the US in a power vacuum. Russia doesn't come from a position of strength here. Soros broke the back of the bank of England in 1992, banking over $1bn on shorting the pound - perhaps he's doing it again. Cameron resigns, the pound drops, interest rates go to 17%, we get scared and vote to stay in Europe but with some sort of deal with the US.

Perhaps this is the HPC you've been waiting for - a run on the pound?

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I have a very long dated bet on Osborne becoming the next Prime Minister at 25/1.... current odds are 9/2 but only after Dec 2016.

Edited April 10, 2016 by 200p

[Bruce Banner]

Ray Boulger, now billed as a financial adviser, was just on BBC News sticking up for Cameron

[Si1]

My antipathy towards Cameron has nothing to do with jealousy of his wealth, rather disgust at his duplicity.

This.

It has to come out in the wash at some point. Austerity shouldn't just be for the proles.

[Bruce Banner]

This.

It has to come out in the wash at some point. Austerity shouldn't just be for the proles.

I was thinking more about his 2010 suggestions that, if elected, he would sort out Labour's housing bubble, then inflating it more with FLS, HTB etc.

[Man of Kent]

They have got it in for him because it sells newspapers.

[Fully Detached]

My antipathy towards Cameron has nothing to do with jealousy of his wealth, rather disgust at his duplicity.

Totally agree Bruce. Although if anything he actually deserves my appreciation, since it was him who finally convinced me to not to put any hope or faith in any politician of any party, which IMO is quite a nice place to be.

[RentingForever]

Definitely some agenda going on. I would imagine most newspaper proprietors are heavy users of tax havens, and the editors have in the past been told to steer clear. For some reason now the gloves are off and the proprietors are risking blowback onto their own affairs.

Despite this they're still missing the two main points: much of the money in tax havens is illicitly gained - the problem is money laundering as much as tax avoidance; and the tax avoidance is more to do with hiding assets than income (which is why Cameron *still* hasn't completely revealed all IMO, and where the press smell blood).

Meanwhile, Osborne's very quiet isn't he?

Edited April 10, 2016 by RentingForever

[winkie]

All he is doing like many others do, perhaps that is why they are so wealthy, is using good financial planning ways of paying as little tax as possible....tax avoidance...masses can be saved on the big one IHT for example.

Maybe money might be better spent sending all households a leaflet on legal ways to save on tax effectively.....all in this together......either that or close the loopholes.

[Dorkins]

The papers just want a scalp, same with every minister who gets caught in a sticky situation. It will be internal Tory politics that decides when Cameron goes.

[spyguy]

Definitely some agenda going on. I would imagine most newspaper proprietors are heavy users of tax havens, and the editors have in the past been told to steer clear. For some reason now the gloves are off and the proprietors are risking blowback onto their own affairs.

Despite this they're still missing the two main points: much of the money in tax havens is illicitly gained - the problem is money laundering as much as tax avoidance; and the tax avoidance is more to do with hiding assets than income (which is why Cameron *still* hasn't completely revealed all IMO, and where the press smell blood).

Meanwhile, Osborne's very quiet isn't he?

Maybe it's a bit of balànce? Corbyn has been such an open goal that they feel they have to have a go.

Stupid on the target. Offshore does not equal tax evasion. His stuff is small and legit.

The Guardian, as an example, has done much worse stuff. The non-Corbynistas are very quiet. They probably sense this could blow up in their faces.

[onlyme2]

Maybe it's a bit of balànce? Corbyn has been such an open goal that they feel they have to have a go.

Stupid on the target. Offshore does not equal tax evasion. His stuff is small and legit.

The Guardian, as an example, has done much worse stuff. The non-Corbynistas are very quiet. They probably sense this could blow up in their faces.

The whole point of being an issue if it is offshore is that it is offshore from where these shysters are imposing tax rules on the rest of us complete with every threat they deem appropriate.

Edited April 10, 2016 by onlyme2

[porca misèria]

Definitely some agenda going on. I would imagine most newspaper proprietors are heavy users of tax havens, and the editors have in the past been told to steer clear. For some reason now the gloves are off and the proprietors are risking blowback onto their own affairs.

Despite this they're still missing the two main points: much of the money in tax havens is illicitly gained - the problem is money laundering as much as tax avoidance; and the tax avoidance is more to do with hiding assets than income (which is why Cameron *still* hasn't completely revealed all IMO, and where the press smell blood).

Meanwhile, Osborne's very quiet isn't he?

That is actually a rather interesting point.

What if they want Cameron out precisely because he's too clean for them? A man who sold up completely to avoid conflict of interest on becoming PM is a man who might really make things harder for other super-rich. They want back to a PM they can rely on to kick the whole matter back into the long grass.

[Si1]

I was thinking more about his 2010 suggestions that, if elected, he would sort out Labour's housing bubble, then inflating it more with FLS, HTB etc.

Boils down to the same attitude. Using public money to stoke a housing bubble that splits society is not one nation all-in-it-together conservatism.

[Eddie_George]

[Saving For a Space Ship]

BBc - Newspaper headlines: Papers return to Cameron-hunting in force

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-36008288

[Funn3r]

Neither Russia nor the USA have any use for a third superpower so no doubt both of them would on balance be pleased to see the back of the EU. A mysterious leak mysteriously happens and the only real result is to damage Cameron just at the exact time of his Remain campaign. (The ludicrously amateurish camouflage attacks on Putin's daughter's piano teacher's girlfriend don't count and nobody has ever heard of that other guy in Iceland.)

EU badly wounded and Russia/USA go back to profitable business as usual with pretend hostilities funding the military-industrial complex etc.

[adsk]

The always entertaining Jerry Hayes has a view about why the press is gunning for Cameron. http://jerryhayes.co.uk/posts/2016/04/10/camhaven-is-just-an-excuse-for-the-brextards-to-twist-the-knife-cheered-on-by-the-tax-havened-press

[sPinwheel]

The always entertaining Jerry Hayes has a view about why the press is gunning for Cameron. http://jerryhayes.co.uk/posts/2016/04/10/camhaven-is-just-an-excuse-for-the-brextards-to-twist-the-knife-cheered-on-by-the-tax-havened-press

Probably the only one with the clout and respect is Gove.

Sorry but I had to stop reading there. Load of claptrap.