Yeah… Obviously not great that Polanski bungled up (no pun intended) what counts as his “main” residence for council tax purposes. But honestly, it happens. I know people to have accidentally failed to register to pay utilities, or forgot to register that they moved and this failed to vote in the election. He’s admitting it and paying. That’s more than most politicians do when accused of something.
Polanski is definitely taking a lot of flak and every mistake seems like it’ll get reported on. Can’t wait for a “tan suit” or “Dijon mustard” moment. He’s had some questionable things turn up about his past for sure though, sadly.
Either way, it shows the Greens are getting popular and I’ll take that. If it turns out Polanski is unfit to lead then hopefully someone else can take his place.
Yes he’s human, and everyone makes mistakes, etc, but he needs to realise he simply cannot make mistakes any more. He has to be superhuman.
Otherwise we’ll continue getting a headline per week about the latest stupid thing he’s done – and then because he’s basically a decent person, he hands them a free “Polanski: ‘It was wrong of me to…’” headline every week as well. 🙄
He needs to realise he simply cannot make mistakes any more.
Everyone makes mistakes and it never stops. That’s an impossible standard. At some point you need to look at what kind of actions are drawing hostile media scrutiny, and which ones the media turns a blind eye to.
Honestly my biggest takeaway from this is I’m surprised that narrowboats pay council tax at all. (If anyone’s interested, it’s because it’s moored and using the marina bungalow as a contract address. Otherwise there would be no tax to pay).
As for Polanski, from what I can tell, he’s not trying to spin it, deny it or avoid it. The amount of money he should have paid is relatively small (literally the lowest band), and he’s agreed to pay it plus the penalty.
Yeah… Obviously not great that Polanski bungled up (no pun intended) what counts as his “main” residence for council tax purposes. But honestly, it happens. I know people to have accidentally failed to register to pay utilities, or forgot to register that they moved and this failed to vote in the election. He’s admitting it and paying. That’s more than most politicians do when accused of something.
Polanski is definitely taking a lot of flak and every mistake seems like it’ll get reported on. Can’t wait for a “tan suit” or “Dijon mustard” moment. He’s had some questionable things turn up about his past for sure though, sadly.
Either way, it shows the Greens are getting popular and I’ll take that. If it turns out Polanski is unfit to lead then hopefully someone else can take his place.
Yes he’s human, and everyone makes mistakes, etc, but he needs to realise he simply cannot make mistakes any more. He has to be superhuman.
Otherwise we’ll continue getting a headline per week about the latest stupid thing he’s done – and then because he’s basically a decent person, he hands them a free “Polanski: ‘It was wrong of me to…’” headline every week as well. 🙄
Everyone makes mistakes and it never stops. That’s an impossible standard. At some point you need to look at what kind of actions are drawing hostile media scrutiny, and which ones the media turns a blind eye to.
Honestly my biggest takeaway from this is I’m surprised that narrowboats pay council tax at all. (If anyone’s interested, it’s because it’s moored and using the marina bungalow as a contract address. Otherwise there would be no tax to pay).
As for Polanski, from what I can tell, he’s not trying to spin it, deny it or avoid it. The amount of money he should have paid is relatively small (literally the lowest band), and he’s agreed to pay it plus the penalty.