I wonder if Blair had been shot post Diana, pre war, if folks would have gone misty eyed over him.

Is it to late to find out for sure?

Joseph Kennedy Sr., starting from a solidly middle class family in Boston, created a fortune that gave his children and grandchildren the freedom to pursue public service. Kennedy’s business ventures included banking, stock trading, producing movies and selling liquor. He thought to get out of the stock market before the crash of 1929 — after the major devaluation of everyone else’s portfolios, his family was only more wealthy during the Great Depression, in the 1930s.


Joe Kennedy’s money may have had unsavory sources as well. He is rumored to have imported liquor during Prohibition, working with mobsters in that industry (he later sold his legitimate liquor importing business to a known mobster named Abner “Longy” Zwillman). Joe Kennedy never publicly revealed his wealth, but the New York Times estimated his net worth at $500,000,000 when he died in 1969

The Kennedy family wealth doesnt smack of great worker relations...

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Where does it say that the workforce were not well paid/looked after.

My way of thinking is that I have no hang ups as to how wealthy anyone becomes............just so long as the work force who help to create the wealth - get a decent share.

Even if the money has come from illegal means?

Not like a tory to be squeamish about where the money comes from

Not like a tory to be squeamish about where the money comes from

I'm not, but John should be.