She has more genes in common with crabs than she does with you and me. Now that's a scientific fact: there's no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact.
A great example of "it's not what you say, but how you say it" *. I've watched the exchange you refer to and her delivery is good (especially when compared to some of her colleagues who'd struggle to deliver a pizza). Watching that pound-shop Mussolini performance at Conference it seems like...
That's the one. The self-confessed coke addict with middle-class friends. I guess when you stand him next to the lunatic fringe he associates with he does seem moderate.
Ah, the old politics of envy canard.
No envy here. I'm perfectly comfortable but believe in a redistributive tax system and I dislike the levels of inequality we have in society.
Here's a question. Do you disagree with the idea of inheritance tax in general or was it the proposed rate?
If...
Looking back at the post I originally quoted, I see you mention an 80% rate, presumbly in response to @Hugo Rune 's suggestion.
He said 80% above 500k. Let's say the estate was worth a million, she still would've got over 500 grand for doing nothing. Plus there's a tidy sum to the tax man to...
So your ex had a privileged upbringing, a free car, a free house and went on to have a successful career. And you're upset at the idea that some of the free money she was given might have been taxed?
What's the concern? Are you worried she wouldn't have been able to pay for the maids and gardeners?