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Empire is of no relevance to British citizens today, or for a long time, whereas this is. Also, I've never read anything about this mexican/bangladeshi/indian/

• discardorama 11y ago
  Maybe this: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/25/its-like-a-ghost-town-lights-go-out-as-foreign-owners-desert-london-homes http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/25/its-like-a-gh... ?
• pascalmemories 11y ago
  The downvotes for the original poster in this thread are probably due to the rather vitriolic sounding language used. But, setting that aside and responding to your question : It's ironic that if you had ever followed Private Eye, you would have read all the details of money laundering through London; the original article is really about exactly that and how people can use anonymous companies (often in Nevis) to launder huge sums through London property and the lack of action by UK authorities even when egregious abuses take place. So, a starting link is http://www.private-eye.co.uk/registry http://www.private-eye.co.uk/registry - EXACTLY the one that this discussion is about.
  • branchless 11y ago
    Exactly - the UK is the home of financial fraud. Many of the problems of tax evasion stem from their tax havens set up around the world. The City is a cancer that is feeding on the entire world. The City needs exorcising from the UK. And like all parasites it would not survive without protection for long.
  • mikecmpbll 11y ago
    Ah, I completely misunderstood the original commenter and in my mind conflated "outright aggression since prior to WW2" stuff with the black money, I was probably confused because the money laundering is kinda what the graphic alludes to.