“I swear by these, my three fingers, to tell the truth, the whole truth….”
It has been fascinating tuning into Bruno Waterfield’s tweets this morning on the subject of Jean-Claude Juncker’s self-exculpation in relation to the Luxembourg tax leaks. Reading Juncker’s remarks, one is bound to observe that – for sheer self-serving, contradictory and amoral relativism, the EU President’s ‘explanations’ may never be surpassed.
Here we go…
Gist of what J-C is suggesting: It was all perfectly above board, which is why I kept it under the table; and unethical tax rules differ depending on standards. Um…as in, maybe, Cyprus for example?
Moving on….
Gist of what J-C is saying: two wrongs can make a right; I never wanted to arrange tax evasion, I’d imagine people deposited huge amounts in Luxembourg purely because of my dazzling personality; and the Luxembourg government must explain not me, for I’ve always opposed unfair tax competition….which is why, during 19 years at the helm in Luxembourg, I allowed it free rein.
And there’s more….
Gist of what J-C is saying: there was no conflict of interest here as I led the charge to rape Cyprus for doing precisely what I was doing; and I do regret any tax evasion that occurred…..up to but not including resigning, rectifying Luxembourg’s illegal income from the trade, or apologising to the millions of ordinary EU citizens upon whom I was taking a dump.
The Party he leads, by the way, is called the Christian Social People’s Party. Oh dear.
More later on others of a similar ilk.
Earlier at The Slog: Is reality intervening at last on the globalist question?
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