Black tie activists crash HMRC boss’ retirement do

Dave Hartnett let Vodafone and Goldman Sachs off billions in tax. We crashed his retirement do.

HMRC boss Dave Hartnett is the man responsible for cutting dodgy deals with Vodafone, Goldman Sachs and other large corporations that have cost the taxpayer billions in lost revenue.

When we discovered that he was making his retirement speech at an elite tax avoidance conference, we couldn’t resist popping in. We donned our best Goldman Sachs and Vodafone costumes, bought some flowers and knocked up a fake award. This is what happened.

— The Intruders

The only scum in the room were Dave Hartnett and his tax dodging scum mates!

The arrogant piece of shit who called the protesters scum was Robert Venables QC.

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