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Reader thinks Farage’s tax idea is a sham dressed ascharity
Nigel Farage’s so-called ‘Robin Hood Tax’ is an outrageous, Sheriff of Nottingham-style con (Metro, Tue).
The Reform UK ‘Britannia Card’ idea is that non-doms, instead of paying tax annually like the rest of us, make a one-off payment of £250,000, which ‘Hood’ Farage promises will be used to benefit ‘the poor’.
According to the Chartered Institute of Taxation (using figures from HMRC) the tax yield from non-doms for the year ending April 5, 2022, averaged out at £120,000 each.
So Farage’s one-off payment amounts to just over two years of tax at 2021-2022 rates followed by a permanent free ride at the expense of other taxpayers.
Public services, already cut to the bone, will get even worse and the poor will suffer to support the wealthy. Paul Johnson, Ilford
Starmer blasts activists – but who let them in?
Sir Keir Starmer has described Palestine Action group throwing paint over fighter planes at RAF Brize Norton (Metro, Tue) as ‘disgraceful’.
He is right, the lack of security that allowed it to happen is indeed appalling and, as the leader of the government that takes responsibility for it, the buck clearly stops with him.
With his new-found humility, the prime minister could perhaps now thank the organisation that exposed the weakness.
What if they had been terrorists? Phil Goater, Sunbury-on-Thames
UK security: the punchline of international defence?
How do you find a secret base in Iran? You look for the building guarded by a man with an AK-47. How do you find a secret base in Israel? You look for the building guarded by a man with an Uzi machine gun.
How do you find a secret base in the UK? You look for the building guarded by nobody – they’re all asleep and the personnel officer is in charge. Jeff Sutton, Erdington
Bombing worked in World War II- so why not now?, says reader
Dennis Fitzgerald (MetroTalk, Tue) claims we ‘can’t bomb people into peace, only into surrender’. He’s wrong.
When we bombed Nazi Germany into surrender, it led to the birth of a peaceful and democratic country. Why should Iran be any different?
Most Iranians hate the murderous regime that stole their country 46 years ago. Israel understands this. That’s why the Israeli Air Force targeted Iran’s notorious Evin prison – not to harm civilians but to help those oppressed by the Ayatollahs’ regime escape and get a chance at freedom. David Frencel, London
Doctor jokes keep coming – cue the punchline
Are you able to consider this witticism in keeping with the recent ‘doctor jokes’ theme for your excellent newspaper?
Ronnie O’Sullivan went to the doctor recently and said, ‘Doctor, I feel like a snooker ball.’ The doc replied, ‘Get to the back of the cue.’ Stevie ‘Whirlwind’ Duggers, Sheffield
And another…
Another doctor joke. I went to the doctor today to get a vaccine. Nervous, I asked, ‘Is it going to hurt?’ The doctor said, ‘It will hurt a bit today but tomorrow will be fine.’
Immediately I replied, ‘Can we reschedule for tomorrow, then?’ Pedro, Hammersmith
