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Reminder: all this incorrect fuss about a potential couple of thousands of tax is just to distract from the former actual Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi having to settle an unpaid tax dispute from HMRC of how much now? An estimated £5,000,000. Yes, five million pounds.
And he breached the ministerial code three times that I know of: he didn't declare to officials that he was under investigation by HMRC when he was appointed Chancellor by Conservative Chancer-in-Chief Boris Johnson, he didn't declare that he'd paid a settlement for tax avoidance when he was appointed to cabinet by Conservative Economy-Crasher-in-Chief Liz Truss, nor when appointed again by Conservative Chaos-and-Non-Chief Rishi Sunak.
£5,000,000. When ordinary folk don't pay their taxes, it's called tax evasion, it's a crime, and you go to prison. When rich people don't pay tax, it's called tax avoidance, and if they're found out as breaking the rules, they pay a bit more than they would have done and no-one goes to prison.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/29/nadhim-zahawi-sacked-tory-party-chair-tax-affairs-rishi-sunak https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/15/nadhim-zahawi-to-pay-millions-in-tax-after-dispute-over-family-finances
Labour have to be held to a higher standard for some reason. Probably like you say, to distract from the awful stuff Conservatives do.