The leftie luvies, Ben Kingsly, Noel Clarke and Tom Felton, have banded together, donned trendy hoodies and made a short film extolling the virtues of mugging the bankers for a 0.05% tax on transactions between financial institutions.

Amongst the trendy luvvies who are supporting Nu-Labour’s ‘bash the bankers’ campaign by acting in this film is one Tom Felton – better known as Draco Malfoy of Harry Potter fame.

Says Tom:

“Taking just a little from rich financial organisations could transform the lives of people in the UK whose jobs, homes and public services are under threat because of the economic crisis.”

Ah, indeed you hypocritical shite.

You were the first to flee the UK when the government threatened to take ‘just a little’ from your coffers to transform the lives of people in the UK, weren’t you?

Why else did you buy my house in France if not to benefit from the lower tax rates for artistes in France – all that is needed to be ‘tax resident’ in France is that you own a home there.

You have never maintained that home, never set foot in it, ruined it in fact and blighted the life of the neighbours – the only sign of life is the bank statement that arrives each month to prove your entitlement to call yourself ‘tax resident’ in France.

Or is taking ‘just a little’ from ‘rich financial organisations’ somehow different in your little moral code from taking ‘just a little’ from rich teenagers to transform the lives of people in the UK.

I haven’t forgiven you yet, you ‘orrible little hypocrite. You want to help poor people ‘at home and abroad’ – then do something with your house – let the homeless use it. Summer holidays carp fishing for ‘Big Issue ’sellers, that might impress me.

Ms Raccoon deeply regrets the lapse into rant-mode on this occasion, but Draco Malfoy lecturing anyone on the benefits of paying more in tax is an antagonism too far.

1
Ted Treen April 9, 2010 at 13:02

Isn’t this common amongst Lefties/Luvvies/”Artistes”?

His Holiness St. Bono exhorts us all to “Give, Give, Give” whilst hiding his earnings from the Eire taxman through U2Ltd which moved to the Netherlands in 2006, when Eire limited (capped) artist tax exemption…

Apparently, when you’re mega rich, it’s sufficient balm to your conscience to tell the little people what to do with their pittance, whilst hogging all of your own.

Anna, your rant is not only understandable and justified, but surprisingly mild.

2
Alan April 9, 2010 at 13:09

And in contrast there was Sir Michael of Caine yesterday standing up for the Conservatives and saying (hat tip to Guido’s quote of the day):

“You’re saying to poor people, ‘let’s tax those rich gits’ and I understand that. You slice up the cake, give everyone a chance, but don’t destroy the people that are making the bloody cake! I really believe about taking care of people, I don’t mind paying tax. It’s how the government spends my tax that I detest, really detest, because I see the waste. More money than all our income tax is spent on benefits. Now you tell me there is nothing wrong with that system.”

Funnily enough Get Carter was on the telly last night.

3
JuliaM April 9, 2010 at 13:35

I’d have been a lot more impressed with Caine if he hadn’t been endorsing iDave’s ‘all your kids are belong to us’ idea…

And yes, luvvie lefties being raging hypocrites is about as surprising as discovering that fish swim really well.

4
spartan_69 April 9, 2010 at 13:53

Anna, you should pass the address of your former home to the Rights for Homes? group in France

5
Dick the Prick April 9, 2010 at 14:14

From the link to your house post – that really is very upsetting Anna. As you mentioned, the house deserves kids & stuff and for this tit to just buy stuff because he can is pathetic. I’m in the process of slowly trashing my lovely house but it’s only because i’m of the opinion that I may as well get everything done at once rather than incrementally spend loads. The rough plan is from June to September this year, then spend another 5 years slowly trashing it again.

Ah, the joys of booze & bachelordom!

6
Gloria Smudd April 9, 2010 at 14:29

By the look of those nasty wounds, young Master Felton has already encountered a sharp-toothed crittur on his way to visit his tax accountant. He should be glad it wasn’t a raccoon.

7
patently April 9, 2010 at 15:08

But it is inherent in the concept of socialism that its dicta apply to everyone apart from the ones writing them. We have seen that time and again. Everyone is happy for “just a little bit more” to be taken from those who can afford it in order to help those that can’t, provided the definition of “those who can afford it” is set just above their own level.

It is, at heart, a credo that is either unattractive or hypocritical.

8
Salmonid April 9, 2010 at 15:47

Sounds like an odious little tick. One can only hope that the self indulgent thespian meets a sticky end, after all the mills have a reputation for grinding slow but fine….Cannot the local commune hit him for dereliction, wanton abondonment etc? After all he does not appear to know much of French customes or mores, maybe the Marie could put the fear of God into him.

9
Snotrocket April 9, 2010 at 16:48

Sheesh, Anna! What an absolute f***wit the man/boy is. No that his mother is that much better, having read the link as well. Like an earlier poster, I am just so surprised how clam your rant was. I’d have reamed the little sh*t!!

What hurts me so much is that I have friends and family living in France and I spent a lot of time going back and forth looking for the ‘right’ property: The description of yours seems to be pretty much what we wanted – and failed to find!

And I know it’s an old tale, but this allegory going round the internet is still the best explanation about how taxing the rich to support the poor is such a fallacy:

“Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would
go something like this.

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay £1.
The sixth would pay £3.
The seventh would pay £7.
The eighth would pay £12.
The ninth would pay £18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay £59.

So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner bowled them a wrong ‘un.

“Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the
cost of your daily beer by £20.” Drinks for the ten now cost just £80. The
group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first
four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about
the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the £20
windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?’

They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33. But if they subtracted that
from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the landlord suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings)
the sixth now paid £2 instead of £3 (33% savings). The seventh now pay £5 instead of £7 (28% savings). The eighth now paid £9 instead of £12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid £14 instead of £18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid £49 instead of £59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to
drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare
their savings. “I only got a pound out of the £20,”declared the sixth man.
He pointed to the tenth man,” but he got £10!” “Yeah, that’s right,”
exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a pound, too. It’s unfair that he
got ten times more than I do!” “That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man.
“Why should he get £10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the
breaks!” “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t
get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat
down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and professors of economics, this is
how the tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking elsewhere where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

For those who did understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.”

10
wullie April 9, 2010 at 19:50

The wealthy leftie luvvies, always asking the poor to hand over their dosh, most of them could hand over two thirds of their wealth and still lead lifestyles beyond our wildest dreams.