Polanski again!

He has now (apparently) paid it in full, but I agree, this is not what we expect or deserve from any of our politicians.

MawsRosie, one look and listen to Mr Polanski had me convinced grubby secrets will emerge.

The council in my area take out a court summons for any overdue council tax, and then charge a feee for doing so. I hope that Polanski is similarly charged.

It also begs the question that if he does not understand the criteria for paying taxes is he bright enough to hold office ?

Is he at all bright FGT? Hypnotising to increase breast size?

And apologises for being shallow/judgemental/choose your critical response but ++++ those teeth?!

Workin’ class innit? Keeps it real, bro.

Grifter. That's all really.

Grifter - yes

Do we want a man in charge of the country who keeps making so any careless mistakes, who he has worked for, paying his rates. Imagine him forgetting he has a meeting with someone key in the EU, or that he was meant to be at parliament on the day of the Kings speech.

How Polanski not paying his council tax is taking up so much more media energy than Farage’s undeclared £5m is a puzzle, given Polanski is not even an MP. I smell the rats in the sewers.

Casdon

How Polanski not paying his council tax is taking up so much more media energy than Farage’s undeclared £5m is a puzzle, given Polanski is not even an MP. I smell the rats in the sewers.

Are you a Green supporter by any chance?
There’s room for doubts about both Polanski and Farage.
Both cut from the same cloth in many ways.

No, I’m not a Green supporter. The difference between them is that one is accountable because he is an MP, and the other isn’t - and of course, the scale of the potential offences is very different.

As i wrote on another thread ( I think), I am not sure what you read, but I would say that Farages £5 million is getting just as much publicity as Polanski's .

It is just that Farage is a known grifter and his behaviour is deplorable, but not surprising, while Polanski is a bit of a surprise, One always thinks of Green leaders as being honest and worthy and Green party members likewise. To see it suddenly discovered that actually these honest and worthy Green voters have voted a mall time grifter, (lying in his CV, trying to avoid paying Council tax) into leadership, is real news and must be very distressing to them. He is another that will not go until he is kicked out

M0nica

As i wrote on another thread ( I think), I am not sure what you read, but I would say that Farages £5 million is getting just as much publicity as Polanski's .

It is just that Farage is a known grifter and his behaviour is deplorable, but not surprising, while Polanski is a bit of a surprise, One always thinks of Green leaders as being honest and worthy and Green party members likewise. To see it suddenly discovered that actually these honest and worthy Green voters have voted a mall time grifter, (lying in his CV, trying to avoid paying Council tax) into leadership, is real news and must be very distressing to them. He is another that will not go until he is kicked out

I read most of the standard news M0nica. Your interpretation of the Greens being perceived as more honest than other politicians is interesting, I’m obviously more cynical than you are. It’s more the fact that Polanski has no real power yet is getting this amount of air time that interests me. There have indeed been a number of different attacks on him in the last couple of weeks, far more than on Farage.

Well Zack Polanski has been reported to City Hall’s standards committee after admitting he failed to pay council tax for his houseboat.

Council tax not paid.
Breast enlargement by hypnosis and not being a bonafide hypnotist apparently.
Not a Red Cross spokesman either.
Is he really Jewish?

I know, and Farage has been reported to the Parliamentary Standards Committee for not declaring the £5m. It remains to be seen if either will be formally investigated, but instinct tells me that if they are found guilty, one is a rap on the knuckles offence, whereas the other is a 16 weeks suspension and a by election offence.

Has anyone caught the whisper about another secret donation to Farage? One million this time. A one time ally dishing the dirt?
Saw again those disgraceful 'cartoons' about Polanski. I have no idea if he is Jewish, his own business, but some hideous person/people think he is.

Maremia

Has anyone caught the whisper about another secret donation to Farage? One million this time. A one time ally dishing the dirt?
Saw again those disgraceful 'cartoons' about Polanski. I have no idea if he is Jewish, his own business, but some hideous person/people think he is.

Yes. Graphite has mentioned the donation on another thread.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Workin’ class innit? Keeps it real, bro.

He sounds quite posh to me but then I have a WC London accent. I never say innit or bro though.

Maremia

Has anyone caught the whisper about another secret donation to Farage? One million this time. A one time ally dishing the dirt?
Saw again those disgraceful 'cartoons' about Polanski. I have no idea if he is Jewish, his own business, but some hideous person/people think he is.

He was born David Paulden on 2 November 1982 in Salford, Hideous people?

His Jewish ancestors had moved to the UK from Poland to escape the occupation by Nazi Germany, but originated from Latvia which they fled to escape pogroms (initially to Ukraine, then to Poland) in the early twentieth century. The family adopted the surname of Paulden hoping to evade antisemitism His parents divorced when he was 11.

MayBee70

Maremia

Has anyone caught the whisper about another secret donation to Farage? One million this time. A one time ally dishing the dirt?
Saw again those disgraceful 'cartoons' about Polanski. I have no idea if he is Jewish, his own business, but some hideous person/people think he is.

Yes. Graphite has mentioned the donation on another thread.

It’s on Reddit and a load of other sites, but nothing official. If it is true and there is evidence, it’s election fraud, and both of them could end up in prison.

Casdon

MayBee70

Maremia

Has anyone caught the whisper about another secret donation to Farage? One million this time. A one time ally dishing the dirt?
Saw again those disgraceful 'cartoons' about Polanski. I have no idea if he is Jewish, his own business, but some hideous person/people think he is.

Yes. Graphite has mentioned the donation on another thread.

It’s on Reddit and a load of other sites, but nothing official. If it is true and there is evidence, it’s election fraud, and both of them could end up in prison.

Both end up in prison?

You're having a laugh, aren't you? The nations two favourite politicians? No chance...

Of course, Polanski might end up doing a stretch for forgetting to pay his council tax. Because no-one has ever done that before, have they?

Casdon

How Polanski not paying his council tax is taking up so much more media energy than Farage’s undeclared £5m is a puzzle, given Polanski is not even an MP. I smell the rats in the sewers.

I have to agree, given the fury at Rayner as well!

MawsRosie

Maremia

Has anyone caught the whisper about another secret donation to Farage? One million this time. A one time ally dishing the dirt?
Saw again those disgraceful 'cartoons' about Polanski. I have no idea if he is Jewish, his own business, but some hideous person/people think he is.

He was born David Paulden on 2 November 1982 in Salford, Hideous people?

His Jewish ancestors had moved to the UK from Poland to escape the occupation by Nazi Germany, but originated from Latvia which they fled to escape pogroms (initially to Ukraine, then to Poland) in the early twentieth century. The family adopted the surname of Paulden hoping to evade antisemitism His parents divorced when he was 11.

Thanks, I was about to post this. Polanski grew up with parents who practiced their faith. He went to the Jewish High School in his area. He left his faith behind but decided to reclaim their original last name .
I have Jewish friends from a similar area who adopted English last names in the hope of avoiding the anti semitism that drove them out of Europe into the UK.