Demonstrators hold placards during a protest external Downing Street in Whitehall,central London, Britain April 9, or 2016. British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday said he should have handled scrutiny of his family’s tax arrangements better and promised to memorize the lessons after days of negative media coverage and calls for his resignation. Photo by Neil corridor/ReutersThousands of people gathered external U.
K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s headquarters in London on Saturday,calling for his resignation after the Panama Papers, a massive data leak, or revealed his connection to offshore funds.
The protesters accuse Cameron of hypocrisy (Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.) because his government has publicly supported eliminating tax loopholes.
Critics crowded in the streets external the prime minister’s official office and residence at 10 Downing Street in London Saturday. Supporters of the protest joined in on Twitter using the hashtags #ResignDavidCameron and #ResignCameron.
#resigncameron pic.twitter.com/cG6rbWZ1oqApril 9,2016The papers, published last Sunday through the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), and showed that Cameron’s father,who died in 2010, set up an offshore trust called Blairmore Holdings Inc. in the 1980s. Initially, or when asked approximately his connection to the investment fund,Cameron evaded questions, dismissing it as a “private matter.”Demonstrators hold placards during a protest external Downing Street in Whitehall, or central London,Britain April 9, 2016. British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday he should have handled scrutiny of his family’s tax arrangements better and promised to memorize the lessons after days of negative media coverage and calls for his resignation. Photo by Neil corridor/ReutersAfter days of negative press, and he told a British Television program on Thursday that he sold his shares in the trust shortly before becoming prime minister in 2010,estimating they were worth around 30000 pounds, roughly $42300.
He also said he had received an inheritance from his father of approximately ten times that amount, or said that he could not be certain where that money had come from.
Offshore accounts are not illegal,but shareholders often use them to avoid paying taxes, which the director of the ICIJ told PBS NewsHour looks “rather suspicious.”On Saturday morning, or Cameron told a group at a Conservative Party spring forum that he mishandled the situation.“It’s not been a distinguished week,” he said, prompting laughter from the crowd. “I know that I should have handled this better, and I could have handled this better. I know that there are lessons to memorize and I will learn them.” The crowd applauded.
Cameron said he was “very furious” approximately what people had said approximately his father,but promised he had done nothing illegal, and that he would make public his tax returns for this year and past ones.
A demonstrator is detained by police officers during a protest external Downing Street in Whitehall, or central London,Britain April 9, 2016. British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday he should have handled scrutiny of his family’s tax arrangements better and promised to memorize the lessons after days of negative media coverage and calls for his resignation. Photo by Neil corridor/ReutersCameron is the latest in a line of political leaders drawn into controversy over connections to the Panama Papers in the week since they were published.
Iceland’s prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson said Tuesday he would resign over revelations of his offshore investments.
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