{"id":8402,"date":"2016-03-18T15:03:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T08:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tony-blair-has-turned-profiting-from-others-misery-into-an-art-form\/"},"modified":"2016-03-18T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T08:17:00","slug":"tony-blair-has-turned-profiting-from-others-misery-into-an-art-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tony-blair-has-turned-profiting-from-others-misery-into-an-art-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair has turned profiting from others\u2019 misery into an art form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe Blairs are yet another example of people jumping on the property gravy train. The housing crisis tells you a lot about British societyHow much money will it take to make Tony Blair happy? Given the opportunity, most people would surely rest after a decade of running the country. Blair, on the contrary, appears to have spent every waking hour focused on amassing as much wealth as possible, seemingly intent on increasing his worth to match that of a small country. It should come as no surprise that the Blairs have thrown themselves into the property market, since no dollar is too dirty for them. Blair did, after all, give paid public relations advice to a Kazakh dictator after the police shot 15 protestors dead.  Related: Tony and Cherie Blair&#8217;s property empire worth estimated \u00a327m  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/housing-network\/2016\/mar\/18\/tony-blair-profiting-housing-crisis-investment-property\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Blair has turned profiting from others\u2019 misery into an art form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The Blairs are yet another example of people jumping on the property gravy train. 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