Make Peace Permanent

Introduction

In Britain today, 6.7M people are in financial difficulty and 14.4M people live in poverty of which 4.2M are children. The national debt currently stands at 2.975TN, increasing by £5,170 per second. The interest on our national debt is 116BN and we pay a further £69BN to the MOD which combined equates to £6,560 per UK household for interest on money from thin air to partly fund wars of aggression.

Yet despite the cost to the taxpayer, Britain has deployed its armed forces for combat over 80 times in 47 countries since the end of the WWII, in episodes ranging from brutal colonial wars and covert operations to efforts to prop up favoured governments or to deter/incite civil unrest.

At no time was the public asked if they wanted British soldiers to risk their lives to illegally invade other countries for the benefit of those looking to profit from those countries’ resources. At no time was the public asked if it wished to be an unwitting stakeholder in the theft & bloodshed while others benefited financially from what are effectively taxpayer loans. The Iraq war cost the taxpayer £8.46 billion and led to the death of 675,000-1M people while the price tag for Afghanistan was a further £21.3 billion – a figure which includes VAT.

The reasons given for these acts of aggression were based on lies. The actions carried out were war crimes for which to date nobody has been held accountable. Since WWII Britain has been complicit in the deaths of over 8M people and cost the taxpayer £1.2TN.

Successive governments have consistently breached international and domestic law in order to further the UK’s ‘interests’ abroad. But if a serviceman is under a duty not to obey a manifestly unlawful order, why should a taxpayer? No taxpayer need be complicit in the funding of illegal wars of aggression and every taxpayer and employer who collects PAYE, NI for HM government and pays VAT has a responsibility to find out just how those taxes are spent and to obtain irrefutable proof they are not being used to fund wars of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Accountability

There is no accountability. Not for Tony Blair who is now on the Gaza Peace board earning millions from Friends of the IDF financier Larry Ellison. Not for Jack Straw who urged the house to vote for the war in Iraq knowing civilians would be murdered. Not for David Cameron who held a debate in Parliament on whether to bomb Syria, when the bombing had already started. Not for Boris Johnson whose actions have aided & abetted the deaths of millions of soldiers in Ukraine and Donbass. Not for Liz Truss who continued to sell arms to the Saudis knowing they were targeting Yemeni civilians and not for Yvette Cooper whose actions to proscribe Palestine Action were found to be unlawful. And certainly not for the Judiciary who are attempting to hide the fact that Palestine Action will be tried under the Terrorism Act – a fact the jury will not be advised of.

And of course there is zero accountability for the actions of the Israeli regime for its mass murder and genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank.

With 124 votes in favor, 43 abstentions and only 12 votes against (including Israel and the US) the UN demanded that Israel end its unlawful presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months. Israel ignored it – just as they & Western governments ignore the ICC arrest warrants, just as the West will ignore the outcome of a lawsuit being brought against the UK and US for their complicity in Israel’s genocide and other war crimes against Palestinians. The team of 47 South African lawyers stated:

‘…No one says stop, enough is enough. What happened in Iraq is an example of this; no one held the US accountable for the crimes it committed…The US must now be held accountable for the crimes it has committed’.

If the law cannot hold these people accountable, then Public will – by any lawful means necessary.

Who We Are

ProbityCo/MakeWarHistory/NoTaxForWar is made up of an independent, voluntary group of people from across Britain who advocate for war tax resistance and accountability in the corridors of power. We believe that so long as our government is unwilling to uphold those international and domestic laws to which it is a signatory, the responsibility to uphold those laws falls on us, the British taxpayer.

Our stance is clear: Our taxes should not finance illegal wars, which would constitute a crime under international law, but should instead support peace and justice. MakeWarHistory/NoTaxForWar stands with those who refuse to fund aggression and who demand accountability from our leaders. Together, we can ensure that our actions and contributions remain within the bounds of international law, while holding those in power to account.

What We Do

We offer information, support and resources for individuals who are interested in the principle of responsible taxation, looking to avoid complicity in war crimes (by not funding them) and who are willing to play an active role in bringing those whose actions lead to the killing and murder of others – to justice.

We are not legal or financial advisors and the content on this website is not intended as legal or financial advice. While we can provide information and guidance, we encourage you to do your own research on these issues and if necessary seek professional advice.

Make War History

For many years, Chris Coverdale, the founder member of MakeWarHistory, ProbityCo & NoTaxForWar, has refused to contribute his tax to Britain’s illegal wars. His ethical concerns about his government’s role in these wars led him to challenge the use of taxpayer money for such purposes.

However, in 2014 a judge deemed his arguments ‘frivolous’ and sentenced Chris to jail three times—in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Chris then discovered that thousands of the UK’s wealthiest individuals use trusts to withhold tax without facing imprisonment – a trust is a legal arrangement to ensure that assets go to named beneficiaries. Chris decided to place his tax in a revocable trust. Using this mechanism, taxes are set aside for HM Government  (the primary beneficiary of the trust) until such time that the government can prove that none of the funds will be used to support war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide. Should they be unable to do so, they forfeit their right to access the monies, the trust can be terminated and the money donated to other causes. 

To date, this approach has worked for Chris. The demands have been reduced considerably and Chris remains a free man because he is no longer willfully refusing to pay tax, just setting his taxes aside until such time that the government can prove his taxes will not be used to fund war crimes.

The UK Government has been found to be acting unlawfully on many occasions – including sales of arms to Saudi Arabia (2019 CAAT case) and most recently for proscribing Palestine Action. Yet there is no accountability for the likes of Tony Blair, Boris Johnson, Yvette Cooper and their ilk.

There should be.

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