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I do not think Mr Cameron will stop his political activity just because Panama Papers reveal that his father was one among those who designed the system.

nsns 11y ago
But what if the common folk in each nation finally realizes its national leaders have become, in essence, multinationals, just like Google and Amazon, with all that this entails regarding their actual agendas and worldview?
vixen99 11y ago
Agreed provided it's clear that he and his family have not profited from activities shown to be those of tax evasion as against tax avoidance. However he's attacked some folk engaged in the latter (though aren't we all in terms of following the rules to minimize our tax bill?) so he may find that difficult.
- mseebach 11y ago
  There's plenty of hypocrisy to go around, so it may be difficult to find someone to cast the first stone.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y ago
  Cameron can't do much, because if he did his party would tie him up in a sack and throw him in the Thames - politically, if not physically. The reality is that a large part of the UK's so-called service industry is based exactly on the creation and maintenance of offshore schemes of all kinds, and much of the wealth of Cameron's party backers would evaporate if the schemes were made public. Voters are mostly too uninformed to know much about this world. But public exposure plays very badly with them, because Cameron famously said "We're all in this together" while promoting austerity at the start of the first Coalition term. Now, even the most unaware British voters are beginning to wonder if perhaps he was being less than entirely honest. Conveniently, it would be the easiest thing in the world to throw Cameron overboard, leave Europe - so the scams can continue - and carry on with someone fresh, new, shiny, and untainted by association, who can guarantee business as usual behind the scenes. It's still surprising how limited the revelations have been in the UK. It's very hard to believe that more household names aren't involved - but so far we've had a hit list of minor Lords hardly anyone has heard of, some former MPs no one cares about, and Lord Ashcroft, who may not be Cameron's favourite person after he offered some unexpected insights into Cameron's hobbies as a student earlier in the year.

nsns 11y ago

But what if the common folk in each nation finally realizes its national leaders have become, in essence, multinationals, just like Google and Amazon, with all that this entails regarding their actual agendas and worldview?

vixen99 11y ago

Agreed provided it's clear that he and his family have not profited from activities shown to be those of tax evasion as against tax avoidance. However he's attacked some folk engaged in the latter (though aren't we all in terms of following the rules to minimize our tax bill?) so he may find that difficult.

mseebach 11y ago
There's plenty of hypocrisy to go around, so it may be difficult to find someone to cast the first stone.
TheOtherHobbes 11y ago
Cameron can't do much, because if he did his party would tie him up in a sack and throw him in the Thames - politically, if not physically. The reality is that a large part of the UK's so-called service industry is based exactly on the creation and maintenance of offshore schemes of all kinds, and much of the wealth of Cameron's party backers would evaporate if the schemes were made public. Voters are mostly too uninformed to know much about this world. But public exposure plays very badly with them, because Cameron famously said "We're all in this together" while promoting austerity at the start of the first Coalition term. Now, even the most unaware British voters are beginning to wonder if perhaps he was being less than entirely honest. Conveniently, it would be the easiest thing in the world to throw Cameron overboard, leave Europe - so the scams can continue - and carry on with someone fresh, new, shiny, and untainted by association, who can guarantee business as usual behind the scenes. It's still surprising how limited the revelations have been in the UK. It's very hard to believe that more household names aren't involved - but so far we've had a hit list of minor Lords hardly anyone has heard of, some former MPs no one cares about, and Lord Ashcroft, who may not be Cameron's favourite person after he offered some unexpected insights into Cameron's hobbies as a student earlier in the year.