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The Guardian
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Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

theguardian.comGreens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboatParty says leader has ‘immediately taken steps’ to pay any tax owed after ‘unintentional mistake’ The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has admitted he may have failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a London houseboat. Polanski had faced mounting questions over whether the houseboat, moored in east London, was his primary residence. Continue reading...
David Coveney
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I think what's really interesting is just how easy it is to make simple admin mistakes in this country and that the penalties are often way out of proportion to the error. People who've suffered a poor education struggle even more, and I think Labour should try to address this kind of issue.

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David Coveney
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I'll add an example. Automated tolls/low pollution zones. Forget to pay in 24hrs, or stray into a zone for five minutes and forget about it and you'll face a steep charge. It forgets that without toll booths there are few real cues to remind people to pay. Just a letter with a fine. Automated scold.

Coolhandluke
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Indeed. bsky.app/profile/devu...

Devutopia@devutopia.bsky.social

The media come at Polanski and miss big time! This is a scary example of media bias to the Greens. They took a badly researched story from a Labour supporting tax guy ran it without doing any of their own checking. Now they're all exposed as idiots. And that was their best attack against Zack😂