it should just be forgotten about.

It will take at least two generations to fix the disaster that New Labour is. I say that as one who voted Labour from his first vote in 1970 until Iraq. Never again. 1997 was a silent putsch, by traitors to the UK.

Which suggests he is not only a dweeb, but an unoriginal one at that.

In the present climate, there is plenty of political climate to de-fund the astroturf charities like ASH, which are basically NuLab proxies used for kite-flying whenever a new chunk of illiberal legislation needs a fig-leaf. I’m sure there’s a few billion sloshing around there that George Osborne could trouser. It would go a long way towards draining the Gramscian swamp, too, given how infested these pseudo-charities are with Gordon’s cronies. If charities were enjoined to restrict their activities strictly to education (real education, not ‘consciousness-raising’) and alleviation of distress, the crisis in charitable giving would be ended at a stroke.

nef’s last published accounts (for the year ended 30th June 2008) indicate that one member of staff was remunerated at a rate between £60,000 and £70,000 per annum (the same as for the previous year). I would imagine that this is Mr Simms living modestly.

I have seen Mr Simms speak. There’s good money in charlatanry.

Hope so, personally.

Your answer, of course, begs the question as to the status of nef’s subsidiaries and how/why the funds are xfer’d…..

As it happens, any trading company can reduce its taxable profits by the amount of charitable donations it makes.

Any special tax treatments for doing things in this “murky” fashion?

A bit more thought before pressing the submit buton on your reports would be appreciated as well.

That’s like saying an MP that he’s paid back his illegally-claimed expenses after having been found out, so everything’s fine. You told us that you’re not plundering our tax money even though you knew it was a blatant lie.

Err, nor me.