In a few short months, UK Uncut has reshaped public opinion on tax avoidance. Its peaceful actions, light-hearted and engaging people never previously involved in political activity, have left corporate Britain running scared, forced the Treasury to run training sessions in response and thrown the right-wing anti-tax Tax Payers Alliance onto the defensive. In a brilliant exploitation of the power of Twitter, they occupied not only Vodaphone‘s shops but their website too. Polly Toynbee, appearing herself at an action in Topshop, declared “these brilliant protests on tax-dodging can unite us all“. Continue reading
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Trade Unions are a public asset
As reported in today’s Daily Telegraph, the Tax Payers’ Alliance (TPA) , a right wing think tank, is running a campaign against the cost of trade union activity within the public sector, based upon data they have collected via Freedom of Information Act requests to each council. The Tax Payers’ Alliance has grown to be an influential right wing lobbying group under the leader ship of former Westminster Tory Councillor, Andrew Allum, and now employs six staff, and has offices in both Birmingham and London. Given these resources is no surprise that the TPA is able to set the agenda for the Daily Telegraph, and other right-wing newspapers. Continue reading