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I struggle to believe the idea the British establishment had no clue what he was up to. He was in reality doing their dirty work and aggrandizing them in the pr

I struggle to believe the idea the British establishment had no clue what he was up to. He was in reality doing their dirty work and aggrandizing them in the process with his apparently endless desire to be accepted into their ranks. For decades the rumour has been that he is bankrupt and just putting up a huge facade. (Comparisons to Maxwell). If such a hole exists it did not catch up to him in life, which is an achievement one way or another given the scrutiny he was supposedly under.

lbriner 3y ago
Of course they know, just like they know about dirty money from abroad propping up the economy, empty properties owned by rich foreign nationals pushing up house prices for UK residents etc. but there are several steps between that and doing something about it: 1) They have to know (they probably do) 2) They have to care 3) They have to know what to do about it 4) They have to accept the potential disadvantages of taking action 5) They have to decide it is more important than everything else they have on their plate 6) They need to actually do something about it 7) They have to succeed in the Court case, Tax investigation etc. 8) Eventually, worse-case, the wealthy criminal just dusts themselves off and finds something else to do I'm sure that's why most Politicians just talk about stuff. It's too hard to actually do things.