Comments on: The control freaks must be lovin' it http://behindblueeyes.co.uk/2009/02/09/the-control-freaks-must-be-lovin-it/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew Duffin http://behindblueeyes.co.uk/2009/02/09/the-control-freaks-must-be-lovin-it/#comment-3048 Andrew Duffin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:26:18 +0000 http://behindblueeyes.co.uk/?p=428#comment-3048 Does El Gordo think that EVERYONE can be supported by a State bailout? It starts to look like it. Who does he think is going to pay? Does El Gordo think that EVERYONE can be supported by a State bailout?

It starts to look like it.

Who does he think is going to pay?

]]> By: Blue Eyes http://behindblueeyes.co.uk/2009/02/09/the-control-freaks-must-be-lovin-it/#comment-3047 Blue Eyes Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:07:00 +0000 http://behindblueeyes.co.uk/?p=428#comment-3047 So if the legal definition of a charity is no state involvement, how come so many "charities" are majority funded by the state? It's too much, it really is. So if the legal definition of a charity is no state involvement, how come so many “charities” are majority funded by the state? It’s too much, it really is.

]]> By: David Blackie http://behindblueeyes.co.uk/2009/02/09/the-control-freaks-must-be-lovin-it/#comment-3046 David Blackie Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:15:37 +0000 http://behindblueeyes.co.uk/?p=428#comment-3046 The British Council claims to operate "at arm's length" from government. It does this out of diplomatic premises in China, India, Russia and until a few days ago in Iran, and elsewhere. It is also a registered charity that nobody donates to voluntarily but everybody supports compulsorily, through general taxation. The Charity Commission web site states that as a key legal principle, charities must be independent of government and other funders.See http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/publications/cc37.asp and look for The Charity Law Framework. For charities to be dependent on government is therefore logically impossible, as - according to the Charity Commission - they cease to be charities (as the British Council evidently did the day it became a charity). The British Council claims to operate “at arm’s length” from government. It does this out of diplomatic premises in China, India, Russia and until a few days ago in Iran, and elsewhere. It is also a registered charity that nobody donates to voluntarily but everybody supports compulsorily, through general taxation. The Charity Commission web site states that as a key legal principle, charities must be independent of government and other funders.See http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/publications/cc37.asp and look for The Charity Law Framework. For charities to be dependent on government is therefore logically impossible, as – according to the Charity Commission – they cease to be charities (as the British Council evidently did the day it became a charity).

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