{"id":1269,"date":"2021-04-23T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/23\/patriotism-tax-and-the-dyson-lobbying-affair-letters\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T16:47:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:47:01","slug":"patriotism-tax-and-the-dyson-lobbying-affair-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/23\/patriotism-tax-and-the-dyson-lobbying-affair-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriotism, tax and the Dyson lobbying affair | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readers on the row over text messages between James Dyson and Boris Johnson about a tax waiver for people coming to Britain to work on ventilators<\/p>\n

Gaby Hinsliff jokes about patriotism moving \u201cin mysterious ways\u201d, with the \u201cgreat British patriot\u201d James Dyson taking his \u201cclean out of the country\u201d (A lot of people pitched in during Covid, but only Dyson got a tax waiver for it<\/a>, 22 April), but there is nothing remotely funny about the way patriotism is being distorted in No 10. Making arrangements for people to avoid paying taxes suggests that Boris Johnson\u2019s brand of patriotism is measured by the amount of union jacks on show, rather than fairness and justice for all individuals, businesses and regions of the country.<\/p>\n

What patriotism is demonstrated by governments which, as Rafael Behr wrote a few months ago, force the people to pay the penalty for their \u201cneglect of public health infrastructure\u201d (Covid is teaching the Tories basic social democracy \u2013 but they won\u2019t learn<\/a>, 26 January), or waste billions of pounds of taxpayers\u2019 money on contracts for firms noted for their tax avoidance schemes<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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\nReaders on the row over text messages between James Dyson and Boris Johnson about a tax waiver for people coming to Britain to work on ventilators
\nGaby Hinsliff jokes about patriotism moving \u201cin mysterious ways\u201d, with the \u201cgreat British patriot\u201d James Dyson taking his \u201cclean out of the country\u201d (A lot of people pitched in during Covid, but only Dyson got a tax waiver for it, 22 April), but there is nothing remotely funny about the way patriotism is being distorted in No 10. Making arrangements for people to avoid paying taxes suggests that Boris Johnson\u2019s brand of patriotism is measured by the amount of union jacks on show, rather than fairness and justice for all individuals, businesses and regions of the country.
\nWhat patriotism is demonstrated by governments which, as Rafael Behr wrote a few months ago, force the people to pay the penalty for their \u201cneglect of public health infrastructure\u201d (Covid is teaching the Tories basic social democracy \u2013 but they won\u2019t learn, 26 January), or waste billions of pounds of taxpayers\u2019 money on contracts for firms noted for their tax avoidance schemes? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Readers on the row over text messages between James Dyson and Boris Johnson about a tax waiver for people coming to Britain to work on ventilators Gaby Hinsliff jokes about patriotism moving \u201cin mysterious ways\u201d, with the \u201cgreat British patriot\u201d James Dyson taking his \u201cclean out of the country\u201d (A lot of people pitched in …<\/p>\n

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