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it is not a question of MPs paying back any money to HMRC. It is about paying taxes that they should have paid in the first place. It is not that they received money from the taxman, they took money from the taxpayer, upon which tax should have been paid. It is incorrect to say that they are paying any money back to HMRC. This is about avoiding taxes, something which I find to be morally equivalent to theft.

When I was a child we had simple lessons on what was theft. If I traveled on a bus without tendering the fare then that is no different to the common thief, like the shoplifter is nothing other than a common thief, like to me somebody in an advantaged position overpaying themself to the detriment of others might be an entrepeneur to you but actually is theft.

Returning to MPs people have to understand about HMRC, their job is to ensure that people pay their taxes, that they do not pay too little or too much. Just like means tested benefits, you should not be getting something which you are not entitled to, that to is theft. The HMRC must investigate immediately, investigate all the tax returns of MPs, they must do what they do to others, they must get them to go back over their records for the last seven years, no shredding allowed, and treat the MPs just like any other common taxpayer, no exceptions. The accountants who filled in the tax returns must also be investigated, especially if any of them used to be employed by the tax authorities. The accountants signed off on the accounts of the banks, and the banks were bankrupt, it would appear that there just might have been some errors in the tax returns of MPs.

The MPs must be investigated, they cannot be investigated and do their jobs at the same time, there must be an October election, I can't imagine the Queens speech with the people now in 'her parliament'. God save the Queen, bring on the taxman