And a little something from cassetteboy.

Nobody likes to be watched Dave. Somethings are "private matters"

People must be mad if they choose Clinton over Sanders.

On another note and to do with art.

""The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal helped to defend a New York art gallery in a legal battle for ownership of an £18million painting looted by the Nazis, it has been reported.""

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3529665/How-Panama-Papers-law-firm-helped-defend-New-York-art-gallery-legal-battle-ownership-18million-painting-looted-Nazis.html#ixzz45F8FyMri

panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/en/

The firm

panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56febf8da1bb8d3c3495adec/

panamapapers.icij.org/the_power_players/

You're a brave man

Unfortunately, the UK harbours 13 of the world's main tax havens (including Cayman Islands, Jersey, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands) and last year the current Tory government were the main opponents of EU efforts to crackdown on tax havens (story here).  There's a petition against tax havens here if anyone wants to sign it.

I would highly recommend watching 'The UK Gold' which will be available again to stream shortly but here's a short clip to whet your appetite:

Bernie Sanders Predicted Panama Papers Scandal back in 2011

You lost me at 'the tories have done a good job so far'. The people theat tend to say that have not had to suffer from the disability cuts, non-existent mental health services on the NHS, or the cruelty of the bedroom tax. These issues have affected myself and my family and close friends. The situation was better under previous governments. As much as I criticised the lib dems for their broken promises, they held back the tories, we didn't know how lucky we were.

Junior doctors on strike for the first time ever, many of my friends are being driven out of the NHS from overwork and underpay. These are compassionate, caring people not guided by money but are trying to dedicate their lives to helping people.They are sick of rushing between patients, unable to dedicate enough time to each patient, and working all hours under the sun.

My girlfriend is a teacher at a college, teaching young adults, many of which have profound learning difficulties and should be in care. But are instead being forced to take GCSE English to at least a C grade, to do a course they are interested in vocationaly. The college have to take the students because they need the money as they are threatened with closure because government funding. Her boss says it's the worse time for college education in the last 30 years experience. Several of my friends have left or will be leaving teaching shortly due to overwork and government ineptitude. My sister is a social worker, it is a terrible time particularly for adults services.

Short termism left right and centre. I could go on: steel, the handling of the refugees crisis (or bunch of migrants as Dave calls them). Austerity justified with a motto of 'we're all in this together', when the Bullingdon club are in charge. People don't want to be on benefits, that is a total fallacy...those that deserve to be looked after by the state are made to feel like scroungers by the media and the current government

Wow!! Your first line sums it up real well. I've not been effected, and so screw the rest of you, I'm not worrying about that!!! How Tory to the core of you.

Ignorance to the facts, I'm alright jack, it's those lazy people on benefits. The only thing you forgot is the immigrants and you'd have a full hand of Tory bulls**t propaganda to play with.

Im not a tory but I agree I am ignorant to many of these particular facts. I dont pretend to know all the problems, what they cost, who is effected. Those very particular issues havnt effected me so im not going to claim to be an expert on them. I see the world I live in and make my decisions based on what I personally think is the best thing to do for the country.

I am however aware of many other issues though, those that do effect me and maybe not yourself. I wouldnt expect others to care or have as much knowledge as much as myself about those issues and therefore wouldnt expect people to make decision about their life based on mine. 

  Some council and social security departments, staff are involved in the fraud also the same in passport and other departments where staff are not vetted properly.

Although I don't know all the facts I'm fairly sure there is a reason for the at least some of the difference in numbers. That image is made specifically to provoke a reaction from people. It's not showing all the facts, just the one that helps create the reaction they need. I'm not aware of what's required to investigate benefit fraud but I am aware that for vat inspections it requires one person to visit the companies office for half the day, they go through the vat reports and then that person creates a report. Pretty efficient process that doesn't require lots of people.

I think the word 'scrounger' gets banded about too much in the media and by government, to the point that anyone claiming benefits is seen as seen under scrutiny. People who I used to work with in my previous community job, people who had been in benefits all their lives seemed to be outraged about benefit 'cheats', because that is all they hear. The amount of money owed by corporation tax avoidance and offshore 'legal' trust pales in comparison, but is not talked about because it serves to benefit Murdoch, etc. The fit for work test have caused so much distress to the most vulnerable in society, for example my girlfriend's mum has MS, some days you can be mobile, others you cannot move. Mental health problems do not always have an obvious outward 'symptoms', the brain is such a complex organ that it is difficult to diagnose by doctors, let alone the DWP

www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/16/fit-for-work-tests-serious-toll-mental-health-work-capability.

totally agree

The fitness for work tests were brought in by Blair, so I'm not completely biased, I think all government should be held to account for failing their constituents. Just hope the promises that corbyn has set out are achievable even if he ever becomes prime minister (which many think is unlikely), you have seen from the Obama administration that change is hard to achieve when long standing opinions of those that really control the power for change seem to perpetuate, or in the UK the house of commons and Lords, and many like to keep the status quo.

Again I state that I feel the government have done a good job tackling the economy. I can't tell you what has and what hasn't been cut or who is effected but I do have a fundamental belief that if you get £10 in you can't continue spending £12. There will be a colapse as has happened. Everyone is going to feel the cuts, yes some more than others but fundamentally every one is having to take it to try and get the basics correct. Is it the best way, I don't know, but it's easy to condem with the benefit of hindsight.

When it comes to the mega rich such as bankers and footballers, they get paid what they are worth to the company. Do I think footballers get paid too much l? Absofriginloutly but the clubs who pay their wages wouldn't say so. That's because they bring in more value. As do bankers and every single person paid to do what they do. It would be much better if footballers were on 30k and the excess better used to fund the NHS but the reality is if one club doesn't pay them the next one will.... Unless we turn to communism of course.