Like Ken Dodd before him, Harry Redknapp has seen off the revenue.
Now, I haven’t been privy to the evidence, so I cannot make a judgment here – maybe he was as guilty as sin and maybe there was some jury nullification going on. All I can say, though, is this; jolly good thing, too.
The HMRC is a nasty, vile and vicious organisation that will drive you to penury on the basis of assumed information and is inherently incompetent. Every setback it receives is a good thing. And, in this case, less money for the government to piss up the wall on its insane, illiberal schemes.
Hear, hear! Actually, I think he was guilty as sin, but good luck to him!
Indeed. The little people don’t have the resources to fight back against this monster, so when a Harry Redknapp turns up, they are champions for the rest of us. If it sets a precedent, all the better.
It cost upwards of £8 mil to undertake this four-year investigation – maybe that amount should be docked from HMRC’s paybill?
I know, I was horrified. If anything it underlines just how vindictive they are. 8mil for a few hundred grand tops. Yes, it should be deducted from their paybill – every last wasted groat.
I’ll have nothing said against the HMRC. They have just sent me, unprompted and unbidden, a refund cheque in the amount of £47.85. Out of the goodness of their hearts, so to speak.
And on the popular newsreels on the BBC television this evening, there were moving pictures of Harry actually smiling — or almost, anyway. Now isn’t that worth £8million of anybody’s money?
What next? I’ll bet that nice Mr Terry will be acquitted of being nasty to that Black chappy, mark my words.
The HMRC is a nasty, vile and vicious organisation that will drive you to penury
You don’t mean the EU?
And who do you think gathers the money we hand over to the EU then James?
I temped for them for a month back in the 70s, and they were the laziest thickest most obnoxious bunch of Civil Servants I have ever worked with. The Lord Chancellors Office was a paragon of virtue by comparison.
The wife and I got into a very heated and acrimonious wrangle with the Tax leeches that lasted over 18 months, several years ago. We were confident of winning the case and had the evidence to prove we didn’t owe them any money, when the briefcase containing all our paperwork was stolen from our car. We asked the fuckers for all the paperwork we had sent them to be copied and sent back to us, so we could properly defend ourselves. The Bastards refused point blank, with a smirk.
We thought we were completely fucked there for a while, and would be out of pocket many thousands of Pounds, when a month later a parcel arrived in the post from the thief, containing all our paperwork.He had obviously read the papers and could see the hole we were in. Even those whose job description is thief can’t stand the robbing evil bastards!
Nobody believes that story, but I swear it is true, and needless to say every tax return since has been fine tooth combed by the swine, cost benefit or not!