Comments on: Appleby Responds To ‘Paradise Papers’ Release

By: nerema

nerema — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:55:40 +0000

The BBC is far from impartial, unfortunately.

By: bdaboy

bdaboy — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:37:31 +0000

“Someone at Appleby must be held accountable”

lol…on an island that refuses to hold its own government accountable?
Dreamer

By: Responsible

Responsible — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:55:45 +0000

Over $100,000,000+ a year in revenue and no robust IT security, nonsense, and now Bermuda’s stellar reputation as a premier IFC suffers.

Someone at Appleby must be held accountable, and no we will not accept the cleaner’s resignation.

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 23:29:23 +0000

Nothing has yet been suggested that the tax avoidance is illegal. It’s not. The problem is that Bermuda cannot claim to be intolerant of financial malfeasance
when it drops court cases against local politicians. Not good.

By: Peace

Peace — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 22:08:43 +0000

I always thought the BBC was impartial; I grew up watching BBC World. Today in their live feed they took what the premier said and totally spun it. As the premier said we take pride in being transparent and compliant.

This is what was on BBC World’s live feed:
“Earlier, on the BBC’s Today programme, the premier of Bermuda David Burt said his country had a “robust regulatory regime” and it had had the same tax system since 1898. He added the UK’s tax law allowed the use of offshore tax havens.”

To take his statements and condense them into that seems far from impartial. I still have faith in the BBC, but that did not seem right to me. Perhaps I am just being biased…

By: Y-Gurl

Y-Gurl — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:57:04 +0000

Unfortunately Appleby can claim innocence until the ink turns red, Bermuda is again in the world press for all the wrong reasons and has the UK labor party shouting their “told you so” messages from the top of Big Ben, and the call for action has crossed party lines and Bermuda will feel the impact

By: Credit

Credit — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:35:13 +0000

Not sure whether I want to laugh or cry: On the one hand, I’m delighted to see an arrogant profession exposed for the sleaze that much of it is (and some very imminent cuts in pay as clients abandon them); on the other, this does not bode well for all those who are economically dependent on these cockroaches.

By: Truth is killin’ me...

Truth is killin’ me... — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:25:02 +0000

This is where you’ll see the real bigots and hypocrites coming after Bermuda! Stand firm Bermy!!