She doesn't own her constituency house, it is owned by a Trust with her 3 children as beneficiaries, and in London she has a Grace and Favour flat, owned by the government. So in legal terms for… (View Post)

A key to conning a mark is getting their greed and social climbing to work for you. When really successful they donr even believe that they were conned, or at least are so reluctant to expose their g… (View Post)

I am phlegmatic about the worldwide rise in bond yields. They are returning to the historic norm of a couple of percent better than inflation. This means that savers get a real return on their money,… (View Post)

On topic. It seems that Kemi believes she was tapped up by Stanford with an overseas scholarship. The obvious answer is that she was the mark in an attempted scam where the family stumps up some fees… (View Post)

Zweig's "The World of Yesterday" is a superb read, full of fascinating anecdotes on Hapsburg cultural life and how it became degraded by war and Nationalism. It's not just about t… (View Post)