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Post by piglet on Jul 22, 2024 9:48:31 GMT
It has come to my notice that drug cartels or whatever have a lot of money, that they then invest in legit ways, like property, office blocks, car parks, new developments, whatever. Then theres rogue states like the Saudis, Russia, Qatar, China, etc, all profiteering, using abusing their populations.
And investing abroad like London, Cambridge, Paris, New York etc.
That a bloke like me, and you, that unless youve got oodles of money from criminality, you cant buy owt, i am priced out of Gwydir Street. If youve got the super rich, buying up the good stuff, and the next rich, etc, then the indigenous population cant live anywhere but out in the sticks, or under a bench.
Crime pays then. New developments in Cambridge are advertised abroad, while the council spouts affordable housing.
As for who owns London, it won be the British, and in many cases owners will be murderers from Mexico, Paraguay, and Tower Hamlets, formerly of Antigua.
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Jul 22, 2024 10:08:20 GMT
Oh, it will be the British too - the old establishment.
For example, I believe that Lord Somebody or other owns half the West End.
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Post by Pacifico on Jul 22, 2024 10:45:26 GMT
Who owns London? - Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke of Westminster, his estate comprises over 300 acres of prime real estate in Mayfair and Belgravia.  |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Jul 22, 2024 11:06:27 GMT
Who owns London? - Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke of Westminster, his estate comprises over 300 acres of prime real estate in Mayfair and Belgravia. That's the badger. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jul 22, 2024 12:30:55 GMT
King Charlie owns every square inch of London and the rest of Britain. What land you think you own, you don't. You just have certain right which you can buy and sell.
By the way, I notice someone took a stupid dig at China. China runs a large trade surplus with the UK so it ends up with a huge pile of dollars which paid for all the exports, and with those dollars it can either invest in government bonds, or it can buy physical things with the money so as to act as a reserve. The yuan is backed by property investments and investments in foreign infrastructure, including some big ticket items like ports and the like. The same can not be said for some other countries. China is unusual in that its trade surplus is up to 800bn dollars per year. Another big spender are the Saudis, since their economy is almost entirely dependent on oil that is being phased out, so they have a lot of dollars for oil traded today and would rather diversify investments like the Chinese do so as to keep their currency strong and so it has buying power. Those investments too are legit. They like buying football teams and are diversifying in entertainment in general. They want to make their country into a entertainment capital of the world.
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Post by wapentake on Jul 22, 2024 12:40:50 GMT
It has come to my notice that drug cartels or whatever have a lot of money, that they then invest in legit ways, like property, office blocks, car parks, new developments, whatever. Then theres rogue states like the Saudis, Russia, Qatar, China, etc, all profiteering, using abusing their populations. And investing abroad like London, Cambridge, Paris, New York etc. That a bloke like me, and you, that unless youve got oodles of money from criminality, you cant buy owt, i am priced out of Gwydir Street. If youve got the super rich, buying up the good stuff, and the next rich, etc, then the indigenous population cant live anywhere but out in the sticks, or under a bench. Crime pays then. New developments in Cambridge are advertised abroad, while the council spouts affordable housing. As for who owns London, it won be the British, and in many cases owners will be murderers from Mexico, Paraguay, and Tower Hamlets, formerly of Antigua. Well piglet the British aristocracy others have mentioned here and who own so much of prime London were the criminals of yesteryear same as the modern ones you describe and that’s how they got to own so much,they weren’t known as robber barons for nothing. |
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Post by piglet on Jul 23, 2024 9:30:27 GMT
So where does a bloke with little or no education, works at Boots as a porter, born in Cambridge and lives in the centre, me, in 1973 or 4, live? I have had a long career, dabbled in property, been careful with money, have two houses now, one rented out , no mortgage, be able to live in Petersfield in the middle of Cambridge?
All of that IS NOT ENOUGH.
If i had the money, i would have to buy a dog hovel, two up two down, that if the Gwydir Street properties were in Birmingham, thay would have been knocked down in the 1980s...or 70s. While a psychopath born in Mexico city flogging brain rot, gets to buy prime estate in St Barnabas road.
The way international finance is run makes criminality legit. The premiership was run on Russian money. No conscience there Mr Government. Maybe i should start running dope, and if anyone stands in my way have them gunned down.
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jul 23, 2024 13:27:36 GMT
So where does a bloke with little or no education, works at Boots as a porter, born in Cambridge and lives in the centre, me, in 1973 or 4, live? I have had a long career, dabbled in property, been careful with money, have two houses now, one rented out , no mortgage, be able to live in Petersfield in the middle of Cambridge? All of that IS NOT ENOUGH. If i had the money, i would have to buy a dog hovel, two up two down, that if the Gwydir Street properties were in Birmingham, thay would have been knocked down in the 1980s...or 70s. While a psychopath born in Mexico city flogging brain rot, gets to buy prime estate in St Barnabas road. The way international finance is run makes criminality legit. The premiership was run on Russian money. No conscience there Mr Government. Maybe i should start running dope, and if anyone stands in my way have them gunned down. What is your problem?
Is work too boring and you'd rather live an exciting life as head of a Columbian coke cartel eh?
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Post by johnofgwent on Jul 23, 2024 15:14:40 GMT
Who owns London? - Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke of Westminster, his estate comprises over 300 acres of prime real estate in Mayfair and Belgravia. It is he who must be blamed for the 1832 Reform Act. Prior to 1832 in order to vote, you needed to hold the freehold on land valued sufficiently to return a rent of forty shillings from a tenant farmer. This chap owned most of London, so no one had a vote through ownership of property there although most who maintained 'town' houses had a vote through ownership of a country estate In 1832 the qualification became ownership of freehold or leasehold PROPERTY worth £10 or more and huge numbers of extra London voters appeared. Our Baron is accurate in his assertion that Charlie LugNuts 'owns' everything but the monarchy has worked a number of scams to grab back what they once sold. Homes of Grace and Favour given to mistresses of aristocrats for example. Liz and Phil maintained a firm of lawyers to ensure unmarried shaggers of men who owned London property and failed to marry the woman they were shagging were tossed into the street and the house returned to the crown, lest strumpets gain property rights in London for example |
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Post by piglet on Jul 24, 2024 9:32:08 GMT
A bloke on 25 grand a year? Two up two down? marries Margaret from Finsbury Park, has three kids, and watches Orient. That weont happen anymore. I wonder what results you would get from analysing the crowd at Orient, all of them, if they art local, must be on at least 60 grand a year, and be impoverished.
Even though that looks like a lot of money, it isnt, theres a lot of money around, but it doesnt buy owt.
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