"The tax campaigner Richard Murphy points out that it leaves the prime minister open to charges of hypocrisy"

Well of course writing articles in national newspapers about employing a nanny through a company, running service companies to avoid NI, using Amazon to sell his book, taking his wife into partnership for tax reasons (all of which Murphy has admitted to) also leaves Murphy open to charges of hypocrisy.

As does the Guardian which has had numerous high profile stories about its own tax affairs (including activity in tax havens).

And then there's Ken Livingstone...

Isn't 300k less than what Ed Miliband inherited?

OH Cameo ! Oh Cameo! Wherefore art thou Oh cameo!? Thou have been found out to have a real name of " Hypocracious " , as art thy most loyal wealthy Tory friends .
Thy pretentious concern for the common people art as comical as thy " Joke " partner Nick Clegg as he keeps ye and thy contemptuous colleagues in power.
Perhaps something in the tone of Oliver Cromwell with a bit of cynicism . No doubt the right wing will come up pointing some equal corruption in the main opposition party for justification for Tory corruption which existed long before the labour party was formed .
Rather sad that British politics has gone down hill so much since the late 1970's that the politicians have forgotten why people used to elect them ! Well Labour and in recent times the Liberal party have certainly forgotten , just thinking about lining their own pockets and forgetting about the common voter . The Tories have remained more or less the same as "free Market " demands of them really , so no corruption shocks there !
As unemployment and homelessness increases in the UK , the Tory faction of the media still try and justify the coalition's stance . The question is are the voters willing to accept the excuse being offered by such media ?

All the more reason to get rid of the role of prime minister altogether. I've said it on other blogs and I'll say it here again. We need to abolish Parliament without delay and get back to true democracy. Dismantle the party system, which would get rid of cross-party bickering and woolly right/leftist thinking and elections at local level would decide who best serves their best interest. All major decisions to be put to national referendum. Parliament would then be a true democracy, engaging the people at all levels. Not the dictatorship it seems to have become.

Just like in the States, you can have a go at Romney, Obama, Cameron, Ken and Boris and everyone else you want. That won't change one fact. Despite the endless "coverage" of their taxes, the actual tax shelters and tax code overall won't be changed. If you do that, you'll drive away intl. investors. Every major banker in London will move to Geneva.

Total rubbish. Then again, it's an election year for many. So who cares?

The difference being the Guardian isn't imposing austerity on a grand scale under the slogan 'we're all in it togther'

I'll start taking seriously stories from the Guardian about tax avoiding MP's when the Guardian starts paying its taxes too - the Guardian Newspaper is probably one of the most slippery corporate avoiders of tax in Britain today - hypocrites.

So Camerons late father avoided paying tax (legally) - not in the least bit surprised at this to be honest - in fact I would bet that most of the Labour front bench are probably in the same boat.

I thought Cameron dad had died?

Dirty Dave's dead diddling daddy.

What a pathetic newspaper Grauniad is!

Maybe Grauniad is unhappy with probe of taxation on fake Charities and Trust? It has been alleged that it has committed

http://www.fcablog.org.uk/2011/02/the-five-howlers-made-by-the-guardian-...

http://timworstall.com/2011/02/23/the-guardian-on-the-guardians-tax-affa...

Grauniad is biggest whinging hypocrite so familiar with leftism that it has stopped making anyone disgusted. (Unless they are new to this)