Recent content by Ash88

I agree, and this is the reason why I don't vote at all. The solution to all political votes should be candidate ones plans vs. candidate twos plans, and the publics vote on which plans they think are the best. Instead, we just get hundreds of articles and social media posts (paid for with our...

The difference is Corney and Musgrave absolutely know what they're doing is wrong, and don't care, because they're making money. This guy is trying to fool us into believing that because he's on the other side of the political spectrum, that he's somehow allowed to do a similar thing.

No - nobody should be allowed to use shady business practices to take public money - that's my point He's using Houchen in this topic because he knows nobody likes him and some of you are falling for it - It's not even political - He tried to ransom it off to Peel before Houchen was even in power.

He should have took the £20,000 and ran. He probably only paid £200 for it in the first place.

This guy tried to sell the IP to Peel when they owned the airport before he tried to sell it to Houchen - so it's exactly the same. I am definitely not advocating Houchen - I think he's an absolute turd - but this guy is doing the exact same thing, on a smaller scale, he's just wearing a red...

How is this bollox? - I don't like Houchen - but everything in that video is true. This guy bought the IP for Teesside Airport with no intention of doing anything other than trying to sell it on for a massive profit. Even if that money came from the tax payer. Houchen actually acted in good...

No benefit to you? - You wanted £250,000. It's in the letter you posted.

So when it's to his chums it's bad... But when it benefits you personally it's different?

I already have... You bought it, without any intention of using it. No matter who needed it, whether it be Peel, Houchen, Labour, anyone... Your primary goal was to ransom it for your own financial gain, even if the money came from the public. Most would see that as shady business.

But you didn't own an airport, or have any intentions of buying an airport. Your only intention was to hold the IP at ransom for your own financial gain. Which is the definition of IP squatting.

I'm not happy with any form of shady business for personal profit. Especially when the profit comes from public money.

He didn't mug you off for £250,000 though did he? He offered you £20,000 for something you paid next to nothing for, and even complimented your business savvy for buying it first. There's no "commercial value" to intellectual property unless someone is willing to buy it for that value, which...

It is squatting. You bought them with the intention of waiting until someone needed them in order to ransom them off at the highest price possible to make a profit for yourself. It's one shady business practice vs. another shady business practice. To create a thread about controlling OUR...

The thread isn't about the act or the event itself, it's about letting Houchen control OUR money. If Houchen gave you £250,000 for some IP that you (very cleverly) purchased for a fraction of that price... WE probably wouldn't even know that OUR money was in your bank account.

Ben's an absolute tool and has managed this situation - like most other situations he manages - very poorly. However... this thread is about controlling OUR money... You speculatively bought IP for the airport with the sole intention of selling it on for a profit - and then asked for £250,000...