Mutiny in the Caribbean
The United Kingdom has strong and deep ties to tax havens in the Caribbean; in August it dissolved the parliament of Turks & Caicos and restored direct rule. This latest BBC story highlights the trouble that seems to be brewing:
"We currently have petitions going on about concerns of new taxes that are coming on stream. I think we'll see a greater agitation on part of the people," says Douglas Parnell, the new leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement party (PMP). "My view is that if he [the Governor Gordon Wetherall] doesn't correct course very shortly, you'll see that people will become ungovernable."
Memo: the Turks & Caicos achieved a remarkable 0% transparency rating in our Mapping the Faultlines project. Will the British government do something about this?
"We currently have petitions going on about concerns of new taxes that are coming on stream. I think we'll see a greater agitation on part of the people," says Douglas Parnell, the new leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement party (PMP). "My view is that if he [the Governor Gordon Wetherall] doesn't correct course very shortly, you'll see that people will become ungovernable."
Memo: the Turks & Caicos achieved a remarkable 0% transparency rating in our Mapping the Faultlines project. Will the British government do something about this?
posted by TJN at 8:58 am
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