Harriet "Harridan" Harman in talking bollocks shocka!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8264046.stm

Yes, your favourite man-hater is back at the coal-face, saying that
trips to lap-dancing clubs should absolutely *NOT* be tax-deductible!
No! No means no! NO!

Of course, they're not, but let's not let a small detail like that get
in the way, shall we sisters?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

"Ms Harman petitioned the chancellor to end tax relief on such events
which she argued exclude female employees"

Surely female employees are the entire point of lap-dancing clubs?

 

More specifically, the points of female employees are one (or two) of
the main points of lap-dancing clubs.

 

AIUI, the VAT incurred can be claimed back - which is what she's got
her knickers in a twist about.

 

Are you sure it wasn't a typo ?

"petitioned the chancellor to end hand relief at such events"

Yup, IWHT.

Paul.

 

you're not using the "correct" definition of the word "exclude".

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SD

"However, the Treasury said corporate entertainment of any kind was not
deductable for tax or VAT purposes."

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Heh. I never let being "correct" get in the way of a g... of a joke.