Freeports and Charter Cities

[teqniq]

He can fuck the fuck off. Not here or anywhere thank you:



E2a in a follow up tweet there's this:

UK Government intend to set up 'low-tax investment zone' in Wales

The UK Government intend to set up at least one ‘low-tax investment zone’ in Wales as part of plans to create parts of the UK where individuals and businesses pay next to no taxes. According to sources within the UK Government the first zones will be set up in England, but they then plan to […]

nation.cymru

 

[ska invita]

He can fuck the fuck off. Not here or anywhere thank you:



E2a in a follow up tweet there's this:

UK Government intend to set up 'low-tax investment zone' in Wales

The UK Government intend to set up at least one ‘low-tax investment zone’ in Wales as part of plans to create parts of the UK where individuals and businesses pay next to no taxes. According to sources within the UK Government the first zones will be set up in England, but they then plan to […]

nation.cymru

No doubt Starmers criticism is there should be more of them

 

[stavros]

What could possibly go wrong? It's not like we've suffered badly from light touch financial regulation in, ooh, at least 15 years.

 

[SpookyFrank]

What could possibly go wrong? It's not like we've suffered badly from light touch financial regulation in, ooh, at least 15 years.

The only solution these people have is more of the same shit. And the only alternative is slightly less of the same shit from Labour.

 

[stavros]

The only solution these people have is more of the same shit. And the only alternative is slightly less of the same shit from Labour.

Well yes, given that the thing 15 years ago happened during Brown's period of light touch regulation.

On the other hand the freeports were Sunak's pet project, weren't they? Are Truss and Kwarteng going to spin their version as somehow different?

 

[teqniq]

Well yes, given that the thing 15 years ago happened during Brown's period of light touch regulation.

On the other hand the freeports were Sunak's pet project, weren't they? Are Truss and Kwarteng going to spin their version as somehow different?

The freeports are the disaster capitalists associated with Tufton St pet project and I don't think they particularly care who implements them.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Well yes, given that the thing 15 years ago happened during Brown's period of light touch regulation.

On the other hand the freeports were Sunak's pet project, weren't they? Are Truss and Kwarteng going to spin their version as somehow different?

I seem to recall the idea was first punted by Labour at the fag-end of their tenure. They were gonna have one based around Manchester airport as a trial run.

 

[Fez909]

I didn't hear the interview, but surely she knows about this? So lies, and/or just doesn't care.

 

[teqniq]

* Bump *

With all the murky goings-on exposed at Teeside originally by Private Eye but latterly covered by the Financial Times in a lengthy article this look like it could be quite positive:

 

[ska invita]

Honduras, but this is the model coming for us all


transcript

 

[ska invita]

Incredible story

Honduras Is Fighting Back Against Corporate Colonialism

American billionaires are suing the Honduran government for blocking the creation of a libertarian city-state in the country. If they win, it will be a devastating victory for corporate colonialism over democracy.

tribunemag.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Reeves and Keith going to recycle another Tory policy in the budget next week

Labour to announce plans for five new UK freeports in budget

Starmer says new low-tax zones, a policy inherited from the Tories, will ‘have this government’s stamp on them’

www.theguardian.com

 

[brogdale]

Reeves and Keith going to recycle another Tory policy in the budget next week

Labour to announce plans for five new UK freeports in budget

Starmer says new low-tax zones, a policy inherited from the Tories, will ‘have this government’s stamp on them’

www.theguardian.com

 

[ska invita]

STARMER THOUGHT GROWTH (through tax evasion)

 

[stavros]

Reeves and Keith going to recycle another Tory policy in the budget next week

Labour to announce plans for five new UK freeports in budget

Starmer says new low-tax zones, a policy inherited from the Tories, will ‘have this government’s stamp on them’

www.theguardian.com

Including the Teesside one, the corruption of which Private Eye has been hammering away at for over a year now. The fact that it's led by a Tory mayor, who's got a lot of questions to answer, ought to provide Labour with an easy win to at least pause that one.

 

[teqniq]

What a fucking car crash. Freeports it has been argued fairly convincingly imo one of the primary reasons as to why Labour will not countenance rejoining the EU as they would be illegal under EU legislation. Yet the government seems to have little in the way of joined-up thinking on the subject:

Reeves will not announce new freeports despite earlier claims

Goverment sources say the confusion stemmed from a ‘total cock-up with the comms’ as local mayors reported being blindsided by the initial announcement

www.independent.co.uk