Remember the mnemonic - A=OK, E=evil.

I despair, I really do. Jack Straw, who is the current Lord Chancellor, despite not being a Lord or a judge, is to bring forward proposals to penalise members of the House of Lords who "avoid paying tax". This may be a slip of the tongue, but given his position, he should know better. Tax avoidance is perfectly legal. It involves no more than arranging your affairs so as to minimise the amount of tax you have to pay. I assume what he really meant was to refer to those who "evade paying tax", that is fail to pay the taxes which are due from them. Sloppy, Lord Chancellor, sloppy.