How the super rich took over London

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Rowland Atkinson investigates how the UK’s largest city went from being the land of opportunity to a millionaire’s playground

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What happened to real journalism

Same way they took New York and are taking Sydney , I imagine.

Witch London? cityoflondon ;)

you mean Russians, and Arabs multimillionaires?

Mostly Labour voters too. London is a Labour city.

Headline has the comment: 'The rich need the city like an astronaut needs a spacesuit.' I would say: 'The rich need the city like a fish needs a boat' Need and greed are two different things.

Saw that car, was sitting outside Harrods with my Mom 5 years ago, went right by use. Saw the gold Buggati that is at the Dorcester. Both are laughable, wondering how many more 20 dollar oil will create in the future - maybe for a few bankruptcy lawyers!

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