Britain and the British seem very bashful about money. Secrecy reigns. So we’re all suspicious other don’t pay taxes and I think this makes people a little resentful of taxation.

But their is a different way. In Norway every one’s tax records are public. You can see who dodges taxes and who pays not just the legally correct but morally correct amount of tax. You can decide who to do business with on the basis of whether they’re playing a full and active part in helping to pay for all the public services a modern western countries populace have come to expect.

If we’d had this then the recent abuse of public officials being paid by private companies would have been avoided.