I received a letter from David Cameron yesterday. In it, he told me that it was very important that the Conservative Party won my constituency for them to form the next government.
I'm lucky enough to live in Richmond, in south-west London. Other than being on the flightpath to Heathrow, it's a fairly idyllic place to live. Our prospective parliamentary candidate, however, is Zac Goldsmith.
I've become pretty much apolitical these days. But there are a few things that get me cross, and just about top of the list are lecturing politicians who are looking for the right to decide how to spend this country's tax income, but actually have never had to do a day's work in their lives and then have the temerity to set up a complex off-shore tax arrangement which means that they can avoid paying just about any tax on the money that daddy gave them. By “them”, I of course am referring to Zac Goldsmith, born and schooled in Richmond, domiciled in the Caymen Islands.
Included in the letter that David Cameron sent was a (hilariously biased) questionnaire that I could return giving my views on what was important to me. I'm sure you can imagine what I told David and Zac. There's a freepost address if you'd like to let them know too. Maybe you have similar views to me on grand-scale tax avoidance schemes. Maybe you don't, and just want to give Zac your support. Either way, you can write to them both at:
Zac Goldsmith
Richmond Park & North Kingston Conservative Association
Freepost RC49
372 Upper Richmond Road West
East Sheen
London SW14 7BR
Just make sure that you do it on something nice and heavy, like a brick. Maybe with enough bricks he can build himself a house in the UK from where he can start paying some tax. And the Freepost charges might help to save the Post Office to boot…
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