Radio Four hosts non-dom slanging match
What will you be doing at 8pm tomorrow evening (Wednesday)? Probably watching the football, I'd have thought.
But if you can't be bothered to see another pointless friendly (even if it is the Germans) you could opt to stay in and listen to some good natured shouting at Richard Murphy, the tax campaigner.
Murphy is on a programme called Hecklers on Radio 4. He is arguing against the non-dom rules or, as the Beeb puts it, 'that Britain should stop trying to woo the foreign super rich with tax breaks.'
I understand that the privilege of shouting at Richard, which is something many tax advisers will probably have wanted to do at some stage, goes to Mike Warburton of Grant Thornton and Michael Cole, Mohammed al Fayed's former spokesman.
Mike is a doughty defender of the rules as good for the UK, while al Fayed is probably the best-known non-dom, so both should prove a good foil for Murphy's arguments. There are two other guests, but I best not steal the BBC's thunder entirely by giving them all away.
Richard is already boasting on his website that he found 'considerable support' for his arguments in front of what he calls a hostile audience.
Needless to say, a full and unbiased review of who won and who lost will appear here on Thursday morning.



Alex
Would you really watch football when you could talk tax? Surely not!
As for the hostile audience - the event was at the Institute of Economic Affairs precisely so that it was hostile. This was Lion's Den stuff - enjoy! I did.
Richard Murphy
Posted by :Richard Murphy | August 22, 2007 10:00 AM