Jimmy Carr's credibility is toast

[David]

will be interesting to watch

[luce]

will be interesting to watch

Yeah Sarah Millican is on it so this should be very funny. I bet it wil boost viewers a bit. I will be watching and a I don't normally.

Also am I the only person who doesn't really care, the more i've thought about it after my post earlier the more apathetic i've become. It's farcical. I don't believe tax is stealing - that's a really naive view point in my opinion - however everyone does it and until there is a mass overhaul and these loopholes like Jersey and Guernsey (i live in Guernsey and if these loopholes were closed it would destroy the capital involved and therefore economy of the island) are closed then there is no point in crying over it.

[Oleh]

Yeah Sarah Millican is on it so this should be very funny. I bet it wil boost viewers a bit. I will be watching and a I don't normally.

Also am I the only person who doesn't really care, the more i've thought about it after my post earlier the more apathetic i've become. It's farcical. I don't believe tax is stealing - that's a really naive view point in my opinion - however everyone does it and until there is a mass overhaul and these loopholes like Jersey and Guernsey (i live in Guernsey and if these loopholes were closed it would destroy the capital involved and therefore economy of the island) are closed then there is no point in crying over it.

It all seems to be stupid in my opinion. He is being blasted for "tax evasion" yet if the government had laws set up to prevent this it wouldn't happen, even though the PM has blasted Carr himself. Government is blasting him for £3million but I remember something about £600million with somewhere and nothing got said.

[luce]

It all seems to be stupid in my opinion. He is being blasted for "tax evasion" yet if the government had laws set up to prevent this it wouldn't happen, even though the PM has blasted Carr himself. Government is blasting him for £3million but I remember something about £600million with somewhere and nothing got said.

Yeah I think my not caring has come from that fact it doesn't surprise me because it's happened before, is happening now and will happen again and they way people get away with it is that it's tax avoidance not evasion. So I think well if it's not illegal then why make a fuss about it, it's like making a fuss over someone getting more interest on their bank account than others just because they're with a different bank if you're going to be pedantic about it. Also I don't think with the issue of tax you can called someone morally wrong because if it was that morally wrong then there should be law making it illegal.

I'm sure if JC was bothered about being personally blasted by Mr Cameron, and cared that much about his opinion, he would have given him the money in the first place!

[GommeInc]

I doubt he personally wrote those sketches.

True, but it doesn't really help his case It'll be ammo for him.

That said, he's apologised so the matter seems closed. The real problem now is Cameron, Gary Barlow and all the politicians who avoid paying tax. Now that's where the juicy news is

[Chippiewill]

I just saw this week's 8 out of 10 cats and he seemed legitimately ignorant to what he'd actually been doing and I can see it as being an honest mistake.

And actually to put in perspective, as they said on the show yes it was morally wrong but so is leaving an eight year old in a pub. No one's perfect.

[Ardemax]

I just saw this week's 8 out of 10 cats and he seemed legitimately ignorant to what he'd actually been doing and I can see it as being an honest mistake.

And actually to put in perspective, as they said on the show yes it was morally wrong but so is leaving an eight year old in a pub. No one's perfect.

I was actually creasing at all the jabs at what he had done (Jon Richardson talking about Louie Spence: "Why do I have to be sat by the only person more flexible than Jimmy's bank manager?") from each person.

Towards the end I did feel a bit sorry for him (in an odd way) but Jon Richardson summed it up nicely to the words of "...the government doesn't have enough to pay for things like education and one of the reasons is people not paying their taxes..." which, is what is boils down to really.

I do think it was a bit cheap of Cameron accusing Jimmy of doing something morally wrong even though, like it was mentioned on the show, his money was stored away for him offshore.

[Chippiewill]

But at least he seemed genuinely regretful and he admitted he'd done wrong so unlike most people I can respect him for it.

[Ardemax]

But at least he seemed genuinely regretful and he admitted he'd done wrong so unlike most people I can respect him for it.

That's also what I'm getting at. Didn't Gary Barlow do some dodgy tax avoiding too? Or am I going crazy?

[Chippiewill]

That's also what I'm getting at. Didn't Gary Barlow do some dodgy tax avoiding too? Or am I going crazy?

I think he was more at fault than Jimmy. He's been ignored for the most part, probably due to being heavily involved in the Jubilee stuff.