Tory blogger Iain Dale has been complaining that Labour wants him described as a “Tory” when on TV; he has argued that Kevin Maguire should be branded equally, “Perhaps CCHQ should complain to the BBC every time Kevin Maguire is on, and bleat that they should have introduced him with the words “Gordon Brown’s ventriloquist’s dummy”.
I did of course bump into Iain a few days ago and asked after his new cash-cow, Lord Michael Ashcroft, who is bank-rolling Iain’s new “politically impartial” magazine now that 18 Doughty Street has gone under.
Ashcroft is thought to have significantly more money that Iain’s last high-value funder, Stephan Shakespeare, who paid for 18 Doughty Street, however, it’s hard to tell as it is believed Ashcroft is, for tax purposes, resident elsewhere in the world.
While it would be unfair to quote Iain, he was at pains to explain that Ashcroft wasn’t “bank-rolling” him as such as the Tory Peer most definitely wanted something in return for his investment. Though Dalecroft didn’t detail what Ashcroft wanted in return, , he did publish this article on tax policy which steered very clear of how much better would be the state’s finances if people like Lord Ashcroft just paid tax like everyone else.
Maybe that’s what Ashcroft wants in return? A spokesman in the UK when he is necessarily in Belize? It does rather make the big ad at the top of Iain’s page seem appropriate.
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“Ashcroft is thought to have significantly more money that Iain’s last high-value funder, Stephan Shakespeare, who paid for 18 Doughty Street, however, it’s hard to tell as it is believed Ascroft (sic) is, for tax purposes, resident elsewhere in the world.”
Straight to the back of the class again. You pay tax on income not wealth and besides tax returns are confidential so UK tax residency status does not provide public disclosure. Naughty, nosey Socialist.
Praguetory said this on March 17th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
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RecessMonkey » Blog Archive » Why blogging will disappear up its own arse said this on March 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Praguetory. thanks for subbing the typo. thought you weren’t reading this site anymore?
Recess Monkey said this on March 17th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I thought you weren’t writing it any more.
Praguetory said this on March 17th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I still want to know what happened to 18 Doughty Street and why it’s vanished off the radar. A number of people were involved and they’ve either vanished too or gone off to write a magazine. What was so bad in that place that it fell through in such a magnificent fashion? I’ve heard of start-ups failing in the first year, but when you’re bank-rolled by a rich Tory that’s more known for polling you would have thought they would have been good at planning, numbers and making sure it didn’t go under… Or are there other more sinister reasons why it went bye-bye?
Percy Pigeon said this on March 18th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Oh and please don’t stop writing the blog - just get more people to do the dirty work for you.
Percy Pigeon said this on March 18th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Are you volunteering?
I am working on a poem, provisionally titled “the ballad of 18 doughty street” to explain that particular rollercoaster
however, i have received so many tips that it is becoming an epic
Recess Monkey said this on March 18th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
incidentally, looking for relevant words that rhyme with “schism”
Recess Monkey said this on March 18th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
jism
barry allen said this on March 19th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
prison, dale’s prism
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