HMRC did an odd thing by not agreeing a strategy with the EU. The only way to make Google pay a fair whack is for the whole of Europe to tax them the same. As it is, they have undermined the negotiations in progress in France and Italy so strategically not clever. But, they couldn't be seen to be doing that though as some Conservatives don't want anything to do with the EU.

How true but also hilarious. I attempted to show how the current government policies seem to ignore historical precedent but the poster didn't think he needed to read the article to discover how history teaches us how wrong headed austerity is. You can lead a horse to water...