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Edinburgh Evening News - Under fire Sir Sean reveals £3.7m tax bill

SIR Sean Connery today revealed how much tax he pays to the UK Treasury in a bid to silence critics who hit out at his right to comment on Scottish politics while living abroad.

The James Bond legend has handed over almost £3.7 million in the last six years despite living in the Bahamas.

This is from 2003.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Tue May 15th, 2007 at 08:36:43 AM EST
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Hmmm, interesting. It seems an awful lot of people have got the idea he's a tax exile from somewhere. I doubt we all just invented it.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue May 15th, 2007 at 09:00:59 AM EST
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For some reason, I had the idea that he had refused a knighthood because of his Scottish Nationalism, but apparently he sees no contradiction and claims (see his website) his knighthood was "delayed" until 2000 (I must not have been paying attention). Wikipedia has the he-said-she-said on the knighting.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 15th, 2007 at 09:27:50 AM EST
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If we learnt anything in the last few years, is that mass repetition doesn't mean something is true.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Tue May 15th, 2007 at 10:02:04 AM EST
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Yea, but I think he has been a tax exile in his time.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue May 15th, 2007 at 10:38:35 AM EST
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