The BBC’s Nick Robinson v Alex Salmond: where will corporation tax be paid? Both are wrong, surely?!
Posted by Hari on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 with No comments | Labels: banks, elections, HMRC, taxation
SOURCE TELEGRAPH: Alex Salmond goes to
war with BBC over RBS 'leak'
An irate Alex Salmond today declared war on the BBC after
the Corporation disclosed Royal Bank of Scotland’s decision to move its
headquarters to England if there is a Yes vote. The First Minister dismissed
the economic significance of announcements by RBS, Lloyds Banking Group, Tesco
Bank, TSB and Clydesdale Bank to re-domicile south of the Border, saying they
only meant moving “brass plates” instead of jobs. Mr Salmond directed a tirade
at Nick Robinson, the BBC’s political editor, who repeatedly challenged him to
answer questions about the economic impact of RBS’s decision. Mr Salmond said
the change would not affect a separate Scotland’s corporation tax receipts,
referring to a letter to staff by Ross McEwan, the RBS chief executive, saying
jobs and operations would not move.
SOURCE DAILY RECORD: Alex Salmond clashes
with BBC political editor Nick Robinson as he is asked about the economic
dangers of independence
RATTLED Alex Salmond clashed angrily with TV’s Nick Robinson
as he tried to shrug off dire warnings about the economic dangers of
independence. Tempers flared as the BBC’s political editor raised Royal Bank of
Scotland’s contingency plan to move its HQ to London with Salmond at his
curtain call with world’s media. To applause from his Nationalist aides, the
First Minister laid into Robinson. He insisted RBS was just looking to move its
“brass plate” and that any change of HQ would not have any impact on jobs or
taxes. And Salmond tried to turn the tables on Robinson by brandishing a print
out of a BBC website report that quoted Treasury sources revealing that RBS
could move. The SNP chief demanded a leak inquiry. Briefing “market sensitive
information” broke basic Treasury rules and the RBS share price had changed
overnight as a result, he said.
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