'When it comes to tax avoidance the polling is quite clear.
Here are some numbers from February:
From ICM: 52% of voters agreed that even less mercy should be shown to the rich avoiding their dues than to dishonest social security claimants. 67% said at the time that big business was so close to politics that no government would stop tax dodging.
From YouGov: 59 per cent of people think it is “unacceptable” to legally avoid tax, compared to only 32 per cent who think it is reasonable.
Also from YouGov: 65% think the current coalition government has done badly at reducing tax avoidance by companies. 55% believe government could make a proper effort to reduce tax avoidance, opposed to 30% who believe not much can be done to stop tax avoidance in a globalised world.'
The non doms debate is dominating, and the tories defending them feeds into the fact they are a party for the tax avoiding rich.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...m-tax-loophole