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For an example of how political parties champion the cause of the mega-parasites mentioned in my last blog entry, look no further than the shift of British shipping from our national flag to the infamous 'flag of convenience'. 

British mariners now sail under Third World conditions so their billionaire ship-owning employers can benefit from massive tax breaks at the British tax-payers' expense. All credit to Margaret Thatcher for that. Note also the generous tax breaks David Cameron has given the richest few whilst squeezing the rest of us into non-existence - and killing off our public services with 'cuts'.

So why are people so easily taken in when the facts are hitting them in the eye?

More info on the FoC from the workers' point of view (and this is just one example) can be seen at

www.itfglobal.org/flags-convenience/index.cfm

 

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