Targetting corporate tax avoidance is not only a good and imaginative way to campaign against cutting welfare and public services, but a good alternative to them too. The case against Vodaphone has been made by Private Eye and financial website, thisismoney, and you can read an excellent summary at Liberal Conspiracy. The recruitment by Vodaphone of a senior tax inspector to win their case is a sadly typical but no less immoral manoeuvre typical of a system that is biased towards powerful corporations and against ordinary people. In some government departments, such behaviour might be regarded as treason. Continue reading →