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Sunday Times Rich List

What, only one regular poster on this forum qualifies?Ealing must be slipping!

Sara Nathan ● 6731d24 Comments

Who is the person?  The Sultan of Brunei perhaps?

Gerry Tan ● 6731d

Didn't realise he posted frequently or at all, Gerry.

Sara Nathan ● 6731d

At least we have one, shame that every time I buy a supermarket ready meal there is a good chance I am indirectly supporting the tories.........

Iain Muir ● 6731d

Not if you but it from Sainsburys. Money to NuLabour.

Graham Weeks ● 6730d

Gee, I'd love to be a millionaire, if only for a day.

Gerry Tan ● 6729d

Depends who supplies their own brand ready meals!

Iain Muir ● 6729d

You're all being rather cryptic about this.C'mon you guys, name and proclaim, so we may celebrate and congratulate!  :-o)There's nothing wrong in talking money!

Gerry Tan ● 6729d

Sorry Gerry, you will have to use your own intuition, its not that hard......

Iain Muir ● 6729d

Iain, are you perhaps referring to Sir Gulam Noon?Sunday Times Rich List Ranking 2007: 949=Worth: £70m Industry: FoodBombay-born Noon founded Noon Products in 1989. The company produces a quarter of a million ready-made curries a day. Noon sold the Southall-based operation in 1999 for £50m but continues as chairman. Noon, 71, is now worth £70m with wealth from other assets.  Has donated £220,000 to Labour since 2001. A prominent member of Britain’s Muslim community, Sir Gulam was consulted by the Government over its response to the terrorist attacks in London last year. Sits on on the board of Transport for London.Loan: £250,000Honours: MBE, 1994, knighted, 2002, peerage nomination blocked

James de Vivenot ● 6729d

So the big questions:If you were seriously rich:1. Would you want to live in Ealing?2. If the answer to 1 is yes thena. is it because of the proximity of a pyschiatric hospital (St Bernard's).b. Where would you want to live (don't choose somewhere which is never going to be available (like the town hall).

Alan Brainsby ● 6729d

Alan, it depends on your definition of "seriously rich"

James de Vivenot ● 6729d

This man, Sir Gulam Noon looks like a good man to me. He seems to represent the acceptable face of capitalism. Long may he flourish!

Gerry Tan ● 6729d

If I ever became a millionaire, I'd still want to live in sunny Ealing. Where? I wouldn't mind living in one of those lovely large 4 storied double fronted detached house in Mattock Lane overlooking Walpole Park.  ;-)

Gerry Tan ● 6729d

....apart from the small matter of his involvement in the Cash for Honours scandal of course!

James de Vivenot ● 6729d

Not Sir Gulam, I don't think he posts.....Look again....

Iain Muir ● 6729d

You'll need a few 'Minders' with that sort of money Gerry. I'll break out the Magnum .44, and the 'Uzi', the 'Bren' is a bit too acurate.

Colin Vaughan ● 6729d

Seriously rich:At least £100 000 000.The sort of money where one would change one's MB S class when the ashtrays were full, or lesser change the refrigerator when it needed defrosting. :-)

Alan Brainsby ● 6729d

He's never posted has he?So you're way off!I think serious wealth starts around fifty mill...although some say you aren't really rich unless you can't count it.

Sara Nathan ● 6729d

Would you be referring to an Ealing councillor by any chance?I haven't seen this years Rich List but she and her husband were in last years Rich List.

Francis House ● 6728d

Correct Francis, I presume that is who Sarah meant.....

Iain Muir ● 6728d

Yup!In it twice - once as in the top ten - or was it twenty - donors to the tory party and then a family listing lower down the general list.

Sara Nathan ● 6728d

When ever I see a rainbow over Ealing I've wondered where the end is.

Peter Wright ● 6727d

those of us less rich would buy a fridge that did not need defrosting.I would love to be so rich as to support handsomely many of the worthy charities around and some rich Ealing folk do do a lot for charitable causesso until the bonds deliver it is meagre child sponsorship only

Colin Izzard ● 6727d

"so until the bonds deliver it is meagre child sponsorship only"There is nothing meagre about child sponsorship Colin, I think it is one of the worthiest charities around. The best that a lot of charities can do is help people get by, sponsoring a child helps release a potential, hopefully, for the benefit of the whole community from which it came.

Peter Wright ● 6726d