He said the Portadown leadership could not "absolve itself from responsibility for this subversion and youth".

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Moreover, he did not automatically absolve Israel from responsibility for the consequences of its actions.

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Which, of course, does not absolve the government from responsibility for writing tax rules in such a way as to prevent companies paying significantly less than the official corporation tax rate - which, of course, is not easy in a globalised world where businesses can move their domiciles and can shunt revenues more or less wherever they choose.

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