It gets boring when people just trot out entrenched positions and don't listen to each other. But talking and really listening is always good. At the moment I feel too many people are fighting yesterday's battles and not looking at new realities.
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Just st to be clear, I think there is a place for the Chatham House rule and that anyone can have a meeting with whomsoever they choose, on their own terms. The problem seems to be claiming it as a ‘Tax Festival’. Talking is always good but the PR from all sides gets in the way.
I thought that was a naff bit of branding! Unless there are tents & mud or a light show (or at the very least @jeremydcape playing piano) its not a 'festival'. In practice it was interesting panels & breakout discussions. i.e.'a conference'. I agree CH rule has its place
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I think 10 years ago non CH would have been a scarier place ( ooh what will my clients/ colleagues think of what I am saying ). Now world has moved on a bit eg I have no issues openly supporting many of labours tax rising policies in 2017 manifesto.
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Fits my exp based on many conversations with tax people - there's support for measures/policies that are "progressive/redistributive". But this does not emerge if people don't feel safe to talk. So CH has a role, engendering more trust, thus allowing wider open expression.
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