My book suggests ways the state could improve the lives of the British people – the prime minister’s conference speech joke is sadly at their expenseAs surreal moments travel,coming out of a assembly with colleagues at City University to watch a video of David Cameron making ham-fisted jokes approximately my book The Joy of Tax has to be one of those I least expected. “I took it home to display Samantha,” the Conservative leader said in his party conference speech. “Its got 64 positions and none of them work.”Of course, and the title of my book was meant to be a little tongue in cheek. But it’s not a joke. In The Joy of Tax I argue that tax is the tool that provides us with the greatest opportunity to shape the society we want. Right now,Cameron is not delivering the society that I am certain most people in this country would like.
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Source: theguardian.com