Adele not only an excellent singer....
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...But also not a typical leftie luvvie.....
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/10008...
Good on you Adele (And I have bought her albums.....)
Adele article said:
The answer starts in her interview with Q magazine, where she had the nerve to criticise the 50p tax rate. “I’m mortified to have to pay 50 per cent!”, she said. “[While] I use the NHS, I can’t use public transport any more. Trains are always late, most state schools are s
t, and I’ve gotta give you, like, four million quid – are you having a laugh? When I got my tax bill in from [the album] 19, I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire.”
Taken fromt, and I’ve gotta give you, like, four million quid – are you having a laugh? When I got my tax bill in from [the album] 19, I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire.” http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/10008...
Good on you Adele (And I have bought her albums.....)
I like the rampant jealousy from all the lefties on the Guardian site:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/may...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/may...
Bluebarge said:
But she got £8m for doing so - not bad.
No.She got £8million for the first year of her first album. She only sold 3 million copies of that
She has done quite a bit more since then, her latest album has done 6 million so far.
Not too shabby if you ask me, of all vocalists out there at the moment. Adele is not one you can claim has no singing ability.
It is no big surprise that a lot of big earners leave the country.
Edited by elster on Thursday 26th May 16:10
from reddit:
This coming from the woman who was basically discovered and dragged up through the BBC/Arts Council-funded-British-Record-Industry-Trust? Winning awards left and right that are funded in part by the british tax payer through the Arts Council? Signed by Virgin Records which was in its infancy supported by the Arts Council. Or am I thinking about someone else?
I quite enjoy her music, but she seems a bit like a self-important-entitled-dipst if she thinks herself not using busses is reason for her to not pay taxes when this country has funded her rise to fame so far.
This coming from the woman who was basically discovered and dragged up through the BBC/Arts Council-funded-British-Record-Industry-Trust? Winning awards left and right that are funded in part by the british tax payer through the Arts Council? Signed by Virgin Records which was in its infancy supported by the Arts Council. Or am I thinking about someone else?
I quite enjoy her music, but she seems a bit like a self-important-entitled-dips
t if she thinks herself not using busses is reason for her to not pay taxes when this country has funded her rise to fame so far.joe_90 said:
from reddit:
This coming from the woman who was basically discovered and dragged up through the BBC/Arts Council-funded-British-Record-Industry-Trust? Winning awards left and right that are funded in part by the british tax payer through the Arts Council? Signed by Virgin Records which was in its infancy supported by the Arts Council. Or am I thinking about someone else?
I quite enjoy her music, but she seems a bit like a self-important-entitled-dipst if she thinks herself not using busses is reason for her to not pay taxes when this country has funded her rise to fame so far.
The school is funded similar to all other schools, not arts council, not BBC. Just a music and theatre school.This coming from the woman who was basically discovered and dragged up through the BBC/Arts Council-funded-British-Record-Industry-Trust? Winning awards left and right that are funded in part by the british tax payer through the Arts Council? Signed by Virgin Records which was in its infancy supported by the Arts Council. Or am I thinking about someone else?
I quite enjoy her music, but she seems a bit like a self-important-entitled-dips
t if she thinks herself not using busses is reason for her to not pay taxes when this country has funded her rise to fame so far.Some awards are funded by tax payers, most not. Not a huge expense though.
Virgin records had nothing to do with the Arts Council.
You have to agree giving half your income away is a bit extreme and it is the reason people will keep finances abroad which will result in a loss to the economy.
It is all 'Why cant you pay up...you are making big bucks anyway'.....until you actually work hard and make some money.
Then it is ' why should i pay half of what i make?'...all for low tax and small essential services at best value for tax payer.
Solution...encourage people on the lower income scale to work harder and make more money! This is a perfect example of how the leftie turns around when there is some cash in the pocket!
Then it is ' why should i pay half of what i make?'...all for low tax and small essential services at best value for tax payer.
Solution...encourage people on the lower income scale to work harder and make more money! This is a perfect example of how the leftie turns around when there is some cash in the pocket!
Oakey said:
Haighermeister said:
If the top earners feel they are better off abroad, and as such they are unwilling to pay taxes, they should have their passports and all rights as a British citizen revoked IMO. [/controversial]
I'm sure that'll frighten them. 
No more NHS for them, that'll show 'em
Bono!!!
Haighermeister said:
Oakey said:
Haighermeister said:
If the top earners feel they are better off abroad, and as such they are unwilling to pay taxes, they should have their passports and all rights as a British citizen revoked IMO. [/controversial]
I'm sure that'll frighten them. No more NHS for them, that'll show 'em
- if I earned anywhere near what she earns i'd ditch this country like a sack of st. Straight to Monaco or Switzerland for me.You can visit here as much as you like - just can't work here more than x days......easy of you're a musician or a racing driver
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