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What goods or services could be boycotted, to protest these actions by the British Gestapo? Largest UK companies (that seemed recognizable): HSBC, Shell, BP, R

What goods or services could be boycotted, to protest these actions by the British Gestapo? Largest UK companies (that seemed recognizable): HSBC, Shell, BP, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, Vodafone, Anglo American (thought the name was funny for a huge British company), Prudential, Coldplay Edit: Added services Edit 2: Added list of largest UK companies Edit 3: Added Coldplay

beedogs 13y ago
Does the UK actually make anything anymore? I thought they were like the US and had become a "service-based" economy. I guess you could boycott visiting.
- lostlogin 13y ago
  A shiite ton of military equipment - Britain is a big arms exporter. Here is a story about exports to repressive regimes, this bit alone is troubling, and a believe it's just a fraction of exports. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blood-money-uks-123bn-arms-sales-to-repressive-states-8711794.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blood-money-uk...
- youngtaff 13y ago
  Cars, loads of them and we even export cars built by Japanese car companies to Japan
snitko 13y ago
Money. The less government money you use, the less they can tax. Cash or Bitcoin. Don't give them a cut. I wouldn't advocate tax evasion, although the truth is, if you pay taxes, you finance this bullshit.
- ChrisAntaki 13y ago
  I'm actually an American. It looks like Unilever, Shell, BP, and HSBC are all based in Britain. Those brands are pretty popular in the USA, so that was an interesting find.
snitko 13y ago
Why boycott companies? It's not companies who did this.
- ChrisAntaki 13y ago
  Companies based in Britain bring in tax revenue, which then funds the British authorities, who look to be rather corrupt.
  - lostlogin 13y ago
    Pick other issues you have concerns about (human rights, animal rights, dubious banking practices, tobacco etc) and you get 2 birds with one stone.
    - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
      Totally. There are a lot of reasons to boycott a few of those companies. The tail end of your comment reminds me an animal related reason to boycott BP.
  - snitko 13y ago
    Right. So what happens if a company decides to protest and not pay taxes? Government is going to make its life very difficult, to say the least. How is this a company's fault if a gang of bandits steal money from it to finance nasty things? It's like saying "Let's not go to this bar anymore, because mafia comes in every now and then and confiscates profit from the owner". Owner is not responsible and the mafia is going to invade every bar you switch to, because it follows the money.
    - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
      Tax evasion isn't a good way to protest. If it were, you'd see a lot of people jumping on that bandwagon, just so they could have more money at the end of the year! Imagine that being pitched on a shareholder's meeting. "This fiscal year... we are going to protest our taxes. We project a 30% increase in profits."

beedogs 13y ago

Does the UK actually make anything anymore? I thought they were like the US and had become a "service-based" economy. I guess you could boycott visiting.

lostlogin 13y ago
A shiite ton of military equipment - Britain is a big arms exporter. Here is a story about exports to repressive regimes, this bit alone is troubling, and a believe it's just a fraction of exports. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blood-money-uks-123bn-arms-sales-to-repressive-states-8711794.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blood-money-uk...
youngtaff 13y ago
Cars, loads of them and we even export cars built by Japanese car companies to Japan

snitko 13y ago

Money. The less government money you use, the less they can tax. Cash or Bitcoin. Don't give them a cut. I wouldn't advocate tax evasion, although the truth is, if you pay taxes, you finance this bullshit.

ChrisAntaki 13y ago
I'm actually an American. It looks like Unilever, Shell, BP, and HSBC are all based in Britain. Those brands are pretty popular in the USA, so that was an interesting find.

snitko 13y ago

Why boycott companies? It's not companies who did this.

ChrisAntaki 13y ago
Companies based in Britain bring in tax revenue, which then funds the British authorities, who look to be rather corrupt.
- lostlogin 13y ago
  Pick other issues you have concerns about (human rights, animal rights, dubious banking practices, tobacco etc) and you get 2 birds with one stone.
  - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
    Totally. There are a lot of reasons to boycott a few of those companies. The tail end of your comment reminds me an animal related reason to boycott BP.
- snitko 13y ago
  Right. So what happens if a company decides to protest and not pay taxes? Government is going to make its life very difficult, to say the least. How is this a company's fault if a gang of bandits steal money from it to finance nasty things? It's like saying "Let's not go to this bar anymore, because mafia comes in every now and then and confiscates profit from the owner". Owner is not responsible and the mafia is going to invade every bar you switch to, because it follows the money.
  - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
    Tax evasion isn't a good way to protest. If it were, you'd see a lot of people jumping on that bandwagon, just so they could have more money at the end of the year! Imagine that being pitched on a shareholder's meeting. "This fiscal year... we are going to protest our taxes. We project a 30% increase in profits."