Thread by @nobigfish

1. While @BorisJohnson talks about restoring the trust in government maybe we should look at @MelJStride who is a @Conservatives minister to see why the trust in the Tories has all but disappeared. Mel this is your shameful life. #LoanCharge

2. When @MelJStride was Fin Sec to @hmtreasury & had oversight of taxation his company, Venture Marketing Group, had clients including Amazon, which have been accused of tax avoidance & HSBC, Lloyds & JP Morgan who all have an interest in tax policy.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

3. Listen to this conversation involving a @HMRCgovuk official. Then ask why are HMRC & @hmtreasury happy to bankrupt individuals but not go after big fish. Read Tweet above again for answer, when ministers are hand in glove with corporates. #LoanCharge

waitingfortax.com/2018/01/23/don…

4. If you didn't think it could get more outrageous well hold onto your seats. While @MelJStride makes retrospective tax laws his father runs a company which profits from tax enquiries. #LoanCharge telegraph.co.uk/tax/news/treas…

5. The most shameful of all is the way @MelJStride lied & misled over the #LoanCharge resulting in multiple suicides. Despite telling @FT he was ‘deeply upset and disturbed’ by the death of a Loan Charge victim he didn't suspend the legislation.
citywire.co.uk/new-model-advi…

6. Instead of engaging with people & arguing his case for the #LoanCharge which he seemed clearly unable to do @MelJStride started arbitrarily blocking anyone who mentioned the #LoanCharge.

Restoring trust @BorisJohnson ?
buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/lo…

7. It seems ministers like @MelJStride are happy to go easy on large corporates, use tax avoidance theirselves but repeat the 'pay your fair share' mantra to everyone else. Double standards? Mel think about the 7 families that had an empty chair this Christmas due to #LoanCharge

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