Finally, internet giants will have to cough up thanks to Rishi Sunak

TECH giants have got away with obscenely low tax bills for far too long. So Rishi Sunak has pulled off a major coup by securing a global crackdown on the profits of Amazon and other online titans. For years such multinationals have cynically amassed fortunes in Britain. Then they have played the system to avoid […]

TECH giants have got away with obscenely low tax bills for far too long.

So Rishi Sunak has pulled off a major coup by securing a global crackdown on the profits of Amazon and other online titans.

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Rishi Sunak has pulled off a major coup by securing a global crackdown on the profits of Amazon and other online titans[/caption]

For years such multinationals have cynically amassed fortunes in Britain.

Then they have played the system to avoid corporation tax.

Their greed helped destroy high street chains that had to fork out enormous sums, putting thousands out of work.

So it is good news that the Chancellor will be able to claw back billions of pounds for this country.

His success in winning round the G7 finance ministers and the US Treasury will do no harm to his reputation.

If properly policed, the historic deal should mean the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google have no place to hide.

Now the Chancellor must inject the tax windfall into high streets and other areas ravaged by the pandemic.

There was rightly an outcry last week over the lack of much-needed funds to rebuild education.

What better place for Rishi to start than helping poor kids catch up on the lessons they missed during lockdown?

Weird science

THE next time a scientist from Independent Sage warns of the dangers of unlocking, remember our feature.

Its professors and doctors are widely quoted across the airwaves demanding harsher Covid restrictions.

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Alarmist experts attacking Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid crisis are nothing new[/caption]

What they don’t reveal is that many of them have a left-wing anti-government agenda.

Some are even Labour donors.

Alarmist experts attacking Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid crisis are nothing new.

But the public should be able to trust that scientists spouting off on TV have no political bias.

While some of the panel’s scientists are undoubtedly unbiased, there is a good number who allow their partisan views to cloud their judgment.

There are two things wrong with the name Independent Sage.

Firstly the group has no link to the Government’s official advisory group SAGE.

Secondly it is about as independent as Jeremy Corbyn.

Carrie’s cream teaser

GOOD LUCK to new “First Lady” Carrie Johnson as she shows off the delights of Cornwall to the partners of other world leaders this week.

But she will need to solve one of the G7 summit’s biggest diplomatic problems.

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‘First Lady’ Carrie Johnson will show off Cornwall’s delights to the partners of other world leaders this week[/caption]

Jam first… or cream?