John Wilson (@tug.ook.org on BlueSky)

There are ~200 berths at Lee Valley Marina Over 35 years, with normal turnover, that’s around 1,000 boats Dan Neidle revealed: only 1 ever registered for council tax Zack Polanski was one of the 999 who didn’t realise the rules applied. The council never chased anyone there. He’s now contacting them to sort any shortfall What was sold as “Zack Polanski dodging council tax” is actually a story about hundreds of boaters not understanding the rules, not paying, and a council not enforcing them A genuine mistake that’s being fixed So why has the media turned this into a full scandal suggesting he’s a tax avoider? This isn’t journalism — it’s a coordinated effort to tarnish Polanski over an error that 998 others at the same marina over 35 years also made Meanwhile, barely a peep about Nigel Farage’s £5m from his foreign crypto billionaire backer Double standards much?