Post by Dan Dare on Aug 11, 2024 16:24:28 GMT
In an interview is the Sunday Times INEOS boss and minority owner of Manchester United holds forth on the realities of life in present-day London
[Ineos] headquarters are now in Knightsbridge in London — but Britain’s cities are not as safe as they once were, he says. “I can’t wear a watch in London, and I just need to be a bit wary, a bit careful.” A fatal mugging on the pavement outside his offices was captured on Ineos’s CCTV system. “He died in a pool of blood because somebody tried to take his Rolex and he resisted. About a year ago we had three guys in hoodies, with machetes, right outside the office, opposite Harrods.”
A rise in robbery and shoplifting is one example of what Ratcliffe sees as a failure by the authorities to provide basic services, including public safety. He sees declines in health and prisons. “We don’t have enough prison space. I mean, this didn’t just happen. We’ve been talking about the prisons being overcrowded for ten years.”
A rise in robbery and shoplifting is one example of what Ratcliffe sees as a failure by the authorities to provide basic services, including public safety. He sees declines in health and prisons. “We don’t have enough prison space. I mean, this didn’t just happen. We’ve been talking about the prisons being overcrowded for ten years.”
Pretty shocking when a billionaire doesn't go out wearing a watch in London because he's afraid of getting mugged or worse.
