Residents of Knightsbridge fight off Saudi billionaires

[Harry Flashman]

pablo said:

typical daily mail article, racist nonsense with no facts just a vaguely sunjective opinion by one of their bitter and twisted staffers.


If i ever get rich enough, I will buy that rag then close it down immediately and watch Britain prosper...

Bang on.

[Andy Zarse]

thinfourth2 said:

daily wail said:

Residents living near the Knightsbridge store say their night-time peace is being shattered by the owners racing their sports cars through the streets, describing it as being ‘like the starting grid at Le Mans’.

Well they should move out of the stty area and move somewhere more pleasant

The story is utter rubbish, I spent most of last weekend in and around that area and whilst there were a few about I only saw/heard a DB9 and a Ford GT being caned down Park Lane. Very pleasant it was too.

[Twincam16]

Andy Zarse said:

thinfourth2 said:

daily wail said:

Residents living near the Knightsbridge store say their night-time peace is being shattered by the owners racing their sports cars through the streets, describing it as being ‘like the starting grid at Le Mans’.

Well they should move out of the stty area and move somewhere more pleasant

The story is utter rubbish, I spent most of last weekend in and around that area and whilst there were a few about I only saw/heard a DB9 and a Ford GT being caned down Park Lane. Very pleasant it was too.

What's unpleasant about the starting grid at Le Mans, exactly?

There's a British Superbike team based not far from where I live, and I frequently hear 'bikes being given the beans up and down the local A-road just round the corner. Don't know whether it's the race 'bikes, the workers on their way home or just fans, but it's nice to hear.

[Andy Zarse]

Twincam16 said:

Andy Zarse said:

thinfourth2 said:

daily wail said:

Residents living near the Knightsbridge store say their night-time peace is being shattered by the owners racing their sports cars through the streets, describing it as being ‘like the starting grid at Le Mans’.

Well they should move out of the stty area and move somewhere more pleasant

The story is utter rubbish, I spent most of last weekend in and around that area and whilst there were a few about I only saw/heard a DB9 and a Ford GT being caned down Park Lane. Very pleasant it was too.

What's unpleasant about the starting grid at Le Mans, exactly?

There's a British Superbike team based not far from where I live, and I frequently hear 'bikes being given the beans up and down the local A-road just round the corner. Don't know whether it's the race 'bikes, the workers on their way home or just fans, but it's nice to hear.

These chumps know nothing. There is no starting grid at Le Mans as such, it's a rolling start and has been since 1971 IIRC.

[stuthemong]

dailymail said:

Another famous London jeweller, who would not be named, said: ‘They like big pieces and coloured stones. The sums they are prepared to pay for them are incredible. It is not unusual for Middle Eastern customers to spend £20 million in a single visit.’

dailymail said:

Middle-Eastern shoppers are expected to spend £250 million in London this summer, an increase of 11 per cent on last year.

Well something doesn't add up. 'Not unusual' would imply to me it happens a few times a year, and with there being more than one expensive jeweller in London, that 250m spend should more than be taken up with just the Jewels. Someone is telling porkies & acting billy big, or the 250m spend is incorrect. Either way, not great reporting that is it?

[anonymous-user]

WTF are Arab millionaires doing in London? They should come over to Birmingham instead... we will welcome them all...

[Trommel]

Shaid GTB said:

They should come over to Birmingham instead

[Halb]

Shaid GTB said:

WTF are Arab millionaires doing in London? They should come over to Birmingham instead... we will welcome them all...

Or Bolton.

[anonymous-user]

Excuse me you two above. Birmingham is a lovely place... nothing ever happens here.... its all peace, love and harmony

[Zod]

Shaid GTB said:

Excuse me you two above. Birmingham is a lovely place... nothing ever happens here.... its all peace, love and harmony

just ask the Knightsbridge Arabs why they're not in Birmingham.

[Vixpy1]

Zod said:

Shaid GTB said:

Excuse me you two above. Birmingham is a lovely place... nothing ever happens here.... its all peace, love and harmony

just ask the Knightsbridge Arabs why they're not in Birmingham.

Because they, like everyone else would have no fking idea what anyone is saying?

[tom2019]

That journalist is a tt look at his other written articles.


Anyway....

[master L]

the daily Fail is crap newspaper, but it sells so we must blame society and the growing obsession with celebrities

[Muntu]

Saudi bellends making a noise at 4am in their supercars vs chavs in Corsas with bean can exhausts. I fail to see the difference in terms of nuisance value myself.

[Somewhatfoolish]

master L said:

the daily Fail is crap newspaper, but it sells so we must blame society and the growing obsession with celebrities

Interesting fact: The Daily Mail was specifically founded to be targeted at lower-middle class women.

[oOTomOo]

Muntu said:

Saudi bellends making a noise at 4am in their supercars vs chavs in Corsas with bean can exhausts. I fail to see the difference in terms of nuisance value myself.

One's a tt cause you're jealous, the other is just a tt

[Muntu]

oOTomOo said:

Muntu said:

Saudi bellends making a noise at 4am in their supercars vs chavs in Corsas with bean can exhausts. I fail to see the difference in terms of nuisance value myself.

One's a tt cause you're jealous, the other is just a tt

Far from jealous, trust me on this. If they were ploughing up and down Knightsbridge in Fiat Puntos I would still have the same opinion. It is not what they are driving which is the issue, it is the noise.

[anonymous-user]

Muntu said:

oOTomOo said:

Muntu said:

Saudi bellends making a noise at 4am in their supercars vs chavs in Corsas with bean can exhausts. I fail to see the difference in terms of nuisance value myself.

One's a tt cause you're jealous, the other is just a tt

Far from jealous, trust me on this. If they were ploughing up and down Knightsbridge in Fiat Puntos I would still have the same opinion. It is not what they are driving which is the issue, it is the noise.

Get some ears muffs then!

[Muntu]

Shaid GTB said:

Muntu said:

oOTomOo said:

Muntu said:

Saudi bellends making a noise at 4am in their supercars vs chavs in Corsas with bean can exhausts. I fail to see the difference in terms of nuisance value myself.

One's a tt cause you're jealous, the other is just a tt

Far from jealous, trust me on this. If they were ploughing up and down Knightsbridge in Fiat Puntos I would still have the same opinion. It is not what they are driving which is the issue, it is the noise.

Get some ears muffs then!

Oh dear.

[Twincam16]

Somewhatfoolish said:

master L said:

the daily Fail is crap newspaper, but it sells so we must blame society and the growing obsession with celebrities

Interesting fact: The Daily Mail was specifically founded to be targeted at lower-middle class women.

From The People's Manifesto by Mark Thomas:

Article 8: The Daily Mail should be forced to print on the front of every edition the words: 'this is a fictionalised account of the news and any resemblance to the truth is entirely coincidental'.

Article 20: The Daily Mail should be forced to print the words 'The Paper That Supported Hitler' on it's masthead.