Post by Teddy Bear on Mar 25, 2012 21:35:45 GMT
In what will remain a defining moment for the host of Question Time, David Dimbleby, and in what can be regarded as the overall hypocrisy of the BBC in their attitude of 'don't do as I do, do as I say you should do'.
In last week's Question Time from Grimsby, following the annual budget, one of the questions related to the reduction of the higher rate of income tax from 50% to 45%. The various political parties on the panel giving their various opinions and doing their best to show their side in the best light, even if it meant bending the truth, which we are quite used to.
Dimbleby then gave a few members of the audience the chance to voice their opinions on the subject. Here's how the exchange went:
BBC Question Time 22/3/12 @ 23:15mins in to the programme
Audience Member: "People avoiding paying tax – about 320 members of the BBC earning over £50,000 per year are avoiding paying tax."
D. Dimbleby: "320 people from the BBC? Where do you get that one from?"
AM: "It’s on the web and it is been brought up in the information act."
DD: "Oh Really?"
AM: "That’s been brought up today... You’re not one of them?"
DD: "No!" (Laughter from audience)
"I’m not a member of the BBC. I just work for them."
David Davis: "That is a very narrow answer David."
Another Panellist: "That was a politician’s answer."
DD: Picks another comment from the audience.
This is how Dimbleby not only evaded the question, but directly LIED!
Any wonder the country is in the state it is, for so many reasons? With shit like this, it doesn't look set to improve any time soon.
In last week's Question Time from Grimsby, following the annual budget, one of the questions related to the reduction of the higher rate of income tax from 50% to 45%. The various political parties on the panel giving their various opinions and doing their best to show their side in the best light, even if it meant bending the truth, which we are quite used to.
Dimbleby then gave a few members of the audience the chance to voice their opinions on the subject. Here's how the exchange went:
BBC Question Time 22/3/12 @ 23:15mins in to the programme
Audience Member: "People avoiding paying tax – about 320 members of the BBC earning over £50,000 per year are avoiding paying tax."
D. Dimbleby: "320 people from the BBC? Where do you get that one from?"
AM: "It’s on the web and it is been brought up in the information act."
DD: "Oh Really?"
AM: "That’s been brought up today... You’re not one of them?"
DD: "No!" (Laughter from audience)
"I’m not a member of the BBC. I just work for them."
David Davis: "That is a very narrow answer David."
Another Panellist: "That was a politician’s answer."
DD: Picks another comment from the audience.
This is how Dimbleby not only evaded the question, but directly LIED!
David Dimbleby faces taxing question time
David Dimbleby, the host of Question Time, is asked if he is avoiding tax at the BBC.
By Richard Eden
While Vince Cable and the other panellists were put through the usual grilling on Question Time last week, the most awkward exchange involved the host, David Dimbleby, and a member of the audience.
“People at the BBC are avoiding tax,” the man said: “You’re not one of them.”
Dimbleby responded, ambiguously: “I’m not a member of the BBC. I just work for them.” As David Davis, a panellist, remarked: “That’s a very narrow answer.”
Dimbleby has previously been reported to have been paid through one of his companies. This could provide several tax advantages. He was, however, unavailable to clarify his remarks.
Last November, he complained to viewers: “I don’t get paid much.” Of his salary, he said: “It’s gone down. We had the cuts.”
Dimbleby earlier made public the fact that he had been offered a contract that would keep him at the BBC until he was 78. He said he had been approached by Rupert Murdoch’s Sky.
He was reported to have been offered £2.3 million to host 30 editions of Question Time a year, at about £15,000 each, earning him £450,000 per annum.
David Dimbleby, the host of Question Time, is asked if he is avoiding tax at the BBC.
By Richard Eden
While Vince Cable and the other panellists were put through the usual grilling on Question Time last week, the most awkward exchange involved the host, David Dimbleby, and a member of the audience.
“People at the BBC are avoiding tax,” the man said: “You’re not one of them.”
Dimbleby responded, ambiguously: “I’m not a member of the BBC. I just work for them.” As David Davis, a panellist, remarked: “That’s a very narrow answer.”
Dimbleby has previously been reported to have been paid through one of his companies. This could provide several tax advantages. He was, however, unavailable to clarify his remarks.
Last November, he complained to viewers: “I don’t get paid much.” Of his salary, he said: “It’s gone down. We had the cuts.”
Dimbleby earlier made public the fact that he had been offered a contract that would keep him at the BBC until he was 78. He said he had been approached by Rupert Murdoch’s Sky.
He was reported to have been offered £2.3 million to host 30 editions of Question Time a year, at about £15,000 each, earning him £450,000 per annum.
Any wonder the country is in the state it is, for so many reasons? With shit like this, it doesn't look set to improve any time soon.
