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That sounds.. racist. What relevance is the fact that he's of Indian ancestory?
by gadders 4y ago
That sounds.. racist. What relevance is the fact that he's of Indian ancestory?
- triceratops 4y agoI think they meant his background as an investment banker.
- gadders 4y agoBarclays made £7b profit last year. Nobody would be stupid enough to claim that the prime minister personally stepped in to get them another £12m (which they will have to give away in grants).
- gumby 4y agoYes I am pretty sure he never thought "Aha, Barclay's needs £12MM", or even noticed. My point is that he is a perfect synecdoche for his party: reflexively help establishment business and the donor class; ignore the small stuff that could grow large. And cutting anything that encourages immigration is important to the BREXIT wing of his party (which may be all that is left of it).
- triceratops 4y agoIt's natural to feel fondness or bias towards one's "own" industry. They're "your" people, you know the field well and can evaluate who's genuine and who isn't. You might believe that it's a force for good in the world. You probably still have friends or professional contacts in the industry.
- gadders 4y agoDo you think he even knew of this decision?
- triceratops 4y agoNo idea. I'm just telling you what the probable thought process of the original commenter was.
- kurthr 4y agoThat's a big leap of inference without projecting bigotry on others. p.s. what is his business background or his wife's inheritance?
- gumby 4y agoThe relevant background is that he worked for Goldman and a couple of hedge funds. But I should have been less pithy; his ancestry hadn't occurred to me, perhaps because I am an OCI myself.