At the age of 38 the son of our former PM has just bought a London mansion for £22 million. The poor man claims to have earned his money from a business started six years ago with a friend. That is unbelievable progress considering that the last two years have been extremely difficult. I hope he has been paying his taxes like a good socialist.
Poor Euan Blair.
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Hindsight
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The Blairs were never socialists.
ollie989898
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All the Blair family sins are forgiven. They too have a complete family but one-way ticket for my trans-dimensional teleporter.
Nor was Putin except when it suited him.
Who were the true socialist Labour leaders/PMs? Bevan, Wilson or Kinnock perhaps or do you include Foot and Corbyn. They seldom turn up with a plausible agenda, certainly in recent times. You may laugh but the average UK voter hovers around liberal democrat in their views but their party has spent years in the wilderness because of their deeply entrenched Europhilia. They probably did more to promote the Brexit vote than they perhaps realise.
I still feel that we need a new party to emerge because the present crowd are all tainted.
Very interesting.
wanton dwarf
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How did he get the shares I wonder? The average investor coild not do that and I am sure Warren Buffet would struggle. He either lashed out a huge stake or there was some insider knowledge.
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It’s good to see folk doing well for themselves 
You can`t beat a self made grafter. Are we looking at one? Not suggesting anything but do you count Russian oligarchs and Charles Ponzi in your admired list?It’s good to see folk doing well for themselves
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Danllan
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No more done for himself than Prince William.It’s good to see folk doing well for themselves
serf
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'Champagne socialists'
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I remember the student protests against the tuition fees (£1k a year) when I went in 1999.
I think the chant was "Tax the rich. Make them pay." Sigh.
wanton dwarf
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What has been created with Student Fees is an abomination. Yes people can get an high interest loan - far higher than a mortgage - those people are milked by bankers for at least a generation. But educating the general public to create an efficient work force, re-skilling those who's jobs have turned out ot be not long term and filling UK jobs has never been the aim - just milking people for money, in this case Universities.
If they fail to pay back the loan then it falls back on the tax payer - and I think foreign students can also apply - then disappear back into the ether of the EU.
It's another mess - Privatisation of Utilities has turned out to be horrific IMHO. Businesses get no Cap on energy and the contracts are Draconian, with no pretense of doing an efficient job - just milking the cr@p out of people.
serf
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He's Been given an MBE now 
I thought HMRC took a dim view of this type of thing ?
One rule for some etc.....
Cliche # 2 " The harder I work, the luckier I get ".
toquark
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I thought so too
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