Here’s a headline which made the news recently:
BBC star Gabby Logan and her husband Kenny were paid more than £500,000 to promote major tax avoidance scheme to their celebrity friends
…followed by:
The tax avoidance scheme sparked a huge public backlash when it was exposed
…followed WAY down the page by this little admission:
There is no suggestion of illegality on the part of Mr or Mrs Logan, or any other celebrities mentioned.
In other words, these folks used their popularity and names to pimp a legal product to their friends. Happens every day, so why the fuss?
Because some most people in Britishland seem to think that tax avoidance is the same as tax evasion — which they aren’t of course; the first is not only legal but praiseworthy, while the second is a crime, ask Boris Becker — the lovely Gabby and her handsome hubby are going to be “called as witnesses” in a court case which they aren’t involved with.
And let’s not even talk about the “public backlash” from the Perpetually Envious Set, who think that the government is “owed” tax money (when in fact it’s extorted at gunpoint).
Anyway, the pics of Gabby in the linked article are total crap. Here are a couple of good ones, from my files:
All part of the service, no need to thank me.
