Liar, liar, Alex on fire...

Yesterday, the hot wire story informed us that Her Majestys Rapacious Coercive (HMRC to  you) has insufficient tax experts in its' ranks, to tackle big business and its phalanx of tax avoidance...sorry, mitigation boffins. Was it ever thus. In common or garden speak, the people that make the rules, ain't as smart as those that break the rules.
It follows therefore, that it's far easier for the aforementioned Coercive to nail small business for every brass farthing due.. Now, don't get me wrong. I believe we should all pay taxes, due. However, in these ascetic times, when small businesses in particular, are hard-pressed merely to subsist, it does seem ironic in the least and plain wrong at best, to witness grandissimo fleecing of the people who, by and large, are least responsible for our economic woes, by those wankers (government of whatever persuasion) who fiddled (and then some) while Rome burned.
It's odd how capitalism can seem so...North Korean at times.
Anyway, i've been at the bugging again and can now exclusively reveal details of HMRC Chief Tax Collector Dave Hartnett's no nonsense meeting with Jim O'Neill, Goldigger Sachs Chairman, over outstanding tax and late payment interest...
Dave (for it is he) 'So Jimbo, what about this £20 million of unpaid tax then?'
Jimbo...'Er, how about lunch at Claridges, Dave?'
Dave...Fuck it, Jimbo. You know how to turn a boy's head'.
Jimbo...'Whose turn is it to pay?'
Dave...Why the fuckin' taxpayer, of course.'
Gales of laughter and popping of pre-lunch champagne corks.
Moving on...and before today's musical interlude, how I laughed when I heard Piers Moron's answer to the question of whether or not he was aware of phone hacking during his 'dear leadership' of the Daily Mirror, at the Leveson Inquiry...'To the best of my recollection, I do not believe so. I was not personally involved and all journalists knew they had to operate within the law'.
'Herr Hitler, were you aware of the genocide of 6 million Jews during the holocaust?'
'To the best of my recollection, I do not believe so. I voss not personally involved and Herr Himmler knew he had to operate within the Geneva Convention'.
I mean no offence. But with the greatest of respect, you wouldn't believe either, would you?'

Music...Another gentleman no longer with us. Incredibly, would have been 76 this year. Like so many of those flawed genius types, he was never going to get there, but entertained us royally whilst he was around. I never saw Alex Harvey in concert, so the clip I've posted, represents what I missed. However, at least there's still plenty of material around to enjoy. A true entertainer and all round bampot. Classic stuff. Luxuriate in all that is The Sensational Alex...