Bookmaking and betting firms: What would Jeffrey Bernard have said?
“Victor Chandler Senior … was a particularly decent and honest example… I used to approach him and say, ‘Hello Victor, let’s have a drink,’ I would hear him muttering, ‘Good news boys, here comes the lunch money’.
So, this is probably a good time to turn to the “wisdom” of Jeffrey Bernard, a popular British columnist of the late 20th century, who made a name for himself with epic drinking and an unhealthy interest in horse racing – among other dissolute activities.
If only the poor could be lifted from poverty so that everyone could enjoy a better quality of life under a healthy pace of economic growth … but that’s an argument for economists, politicos and alchemists, maybe.
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