Maya Forstater

Woman who works for law firm makes 'absurd' comment at conference http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2014/10/31/the-worst-of-the-pac-tax-conference/ … I thought it a fair point @hselftax @RichardJMurphy

@MForstater @hselftax The standard response of those seeking to keep status quo is ‘your data is wrong’ to undermine credibility of change

@RichardJMurphy @hselftax & yet we need good data & analysis 2 push 4 sensible change “It doesnt matter if the data is wrong” cant be right

@MForstater @hselftax Are you saying we haven't built a succesful campaign? Or that we have not delivered sensible change with data we have?

@RichardJMurphy I apologise for clumsy way I made point. But poor data risks losing trust & reaching wrong solutions. I agree w @MForstater

@hselftax @MForstater If there is a need for better data now why not ask for OECD/WB/IMF assistance with NGO involvement? Better argument

@RichardJMurphy @hselftax Sure. But also need less nonsense eg @dickypp ‘s re:Ebola, that Libera has 51 doctors ‘because tax avoidance’

@MForstater @hselftax @dickypp I know something of Liberia and tax avoidance. Richard’s claim made a lot of sense to me.