BA worker 'suspended for taking backhanders from celebs'
Nov 9, 2015, 6:38 am
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As a poorly paid police officer I purchased a £33k 1 bed flat in Walthamstow in 1994, it's now worth circa £330k. A three bed terraced house would have cost me £50k, one is on the market today for £925k. Very easy to see how a lowly paid guy in his 40s could have a house of such vale. I know several constables in £1m houses.
Nov 9, 2015, 6:42 am
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So, you disagreed with the statement that followed my discussion of house prices that "Not that this means anything in relation to the particular individual under discussion here, though. People should avoid jumping to conclusions when they are not in possession of sufficient facts to do so."
And yet, you state a little later "Talking about the value of this guy's house in the context of this story just vindicates the journo's decision to include it."
Has it occurred to you that there might be a contradiction between the two?
And yet, you state a little later "Talking about the value of this guy's house in the context of this story just vindicates the journo's decision to include it."
Has it occurred to you that there might be a contradiction between the two?
You don't have a monopoly on opinions.
Edit: will just add that from your first point I would've agreed that we agreed. Now I'm just confused.
Nov 9, 2015, 6:43 am
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As a poorly paid police officer I purchased a £33k 1 bed flat in Walthamstow in 1994, it's now worth circa £330k. A three bed terraced house would have cost me £50k, one is on the market today for £925k. Very easy to see how a lowly paid guy in his 40s could have a house of such vale. I know several constables in £1m houses.
Nov 9, 2015, 6:49 am
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You don't have a monopoly on opinions.
Nov 9, 2015, 6:58 am
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You were having a go at those of us who were discussing house prices and accusing us of "vindicating the journo's decision to include it" when I had precisely taken care to insist that one should not attempt to draw conclusion from this in the individual case here. It seems to me therefore that you criticism was unfair and I drew this to your attention.
No, but when you criticise somebody else's post, you could at least do them the courtesy of bothering to read what they say first to see whether you criticism is justified or not. And if you happen to have missed it the first time round (which can happen to anybody) then perhaps acknowledging it when it is drawn to your attention would have helped.
No, but when you criticise somebody else's post, you could at least do them the courtesy of bothering to read what they say first to see whether you criticism is justified or not. And if you happen to have missed it the first time round (which can happen to anybody) then perhaps acknowledging it when it is drawn to your attention would have helped.
Nov 9, 2015, 6:59 am
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Nov 9, 2015, 7:41 am
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Blimey, I'm 30 and live in a £1.2m property on which I have no mortgage and don't rent, nor am I a HNWI. Goodness knows what theories you throw out there about me based on that and with no other background info...
Personally, I'm quite intrigued by the actual story, does anyone know more about the extent to which this chap was 'bending' the rules?
Personally, I'm quite intrigued by the actual story, does anyone know more about the extent to which this chap was 'bending' the rules?
Nov 9, 2015, 9:14 am
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Daily Mail - you are a immigrant scrounged with 14 kids and three wives.
Daily Express - brought with the proceeds from pay off by royals in Diana Conspiracy.
The Sun - they need your mobile number before they can come to a conclusion (also you bra size).
Nov 10, 2015, 6:02 am
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I checked your story with a few Journalist friends. These are the conclusions
Daily Mail - you are a immigrant scrounged with 14 kids and three wives.
Daily Express - brought with the proceeds from pay off by royals in Diana Conspiracy.
The Sun - they need your mobile number before they can come to a conclusion (also you bra size).
Daily Mail - you are a immigrant scrounged with 14 kids and three wives.
Daily Express - brought with the proceeds from pay off by royals in Diana Conspiracy.
The Sun - they need your mobile number before they can come to a conclusion (also you bra size).
Financial Times - you bought it via an offshore leveraged buyout on a sale and lease back IPO....
Daily Sport - you're living with Elvis and Shergar.
Nov 10, 2015, 6:37 am
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Sir Humphrey - The only way to understand the Press is to remember that they pander to their readers' prejudices
Jim Hacker - Don't tell me about the Press. I know *exactly* who reads the papers.
The Daily Mirror is read by the people who think they run the country.
The Guardian is read by people who think they *ought* to run the country.
The Times is read by the people who actually *do* run the country.
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country.
The Financial Times is read by people who *own* the country.
The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by *another* country.
The Daily Telegraph is read by the people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care *who* runs the country - as long as she's got big tits.
Nov 10, 2015, 9:29 am
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I'm sure that Worcester will correct me if I am wrong (heaven knows I've been wrong plenty of times before!) but I rather suspect that brilliant clip was in his mind when he typed his post.
Yes Minister appears rather apt here
Sir Humphrey - The only way to understand the Press is to remember that they pander to their readers' prejudices
Jim Hacker - Don't tell me about the Press. I know *exactly* who reads the papers.
The Daily Mirror is read by the people who think they run the country.
The Guardian is read by people who think they *ought* to run the country.
The Times is read by the people who actually *do* run the country.
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country.
The Financial Times is read by people who *own* the country.
The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by *another* country.
The Daily Telegraph is read by the people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care *who* runs the country - as long as she's got big tits.
Sir Humphrey - The only way to understand the Press is to remember that they pander to their readers' prejudices
Jim Hacker - Don't tell me about the Press. I know *exactly* who reads the papers.
The Daily Mirror is read by the people who think they run the country.
The Guardian is read by people who think they *ought* to run the country.
The Times is read by the people who actually *do* run the country.
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country.
The Financial Times is read by people who *own* the country.
The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by *another* country.
The Daily Telegraph is read by the people who think it is.
Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care *who* runs the country - as long as she's got big tits.
Nov 11, 2015, 6:25 am
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As a poorly paid police officer I purchased a £33k 1 bed flat in Walthamstow in 1994, it's now worth circa £330k. A three bed terraced house would have cost me £50k, one is on the market today for £925k. Very easy to see how a lowly paid guy in his 40s could have a house of such vale. I know several constables in £1m houses.
Nov 11, 2015, 6:37 am
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The irony to all this is that of this guy does (did?) lose his job and chose to write a tell-all book about his experiences working with celebs then those same papers would be falling over themselves to serialise it.