“I think some of these schemes - and I think particularly of the Jimmy Carr scheme - I have had time to read about and I just think this is completely wrong.”

— David Cameron

About comedian Jimmy Carr's tax arrangements, speaking to ITV News during a round of TV interviews during his trip to Mexico - " David Cameron Brands Jimmy Carr's Tax Arrangements 'Morally Wrong' http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/20/david-cameron-jimmy-carr-tax_n_1612757.html", The Huffington Post UK, 20 June 2012
2010s, 2012

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