To ask who is the biggest grifter you've seen?

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I remember Anthea Turner punting flakes at her wedding. Carol Vorderman was always quick to front a financial product. Just seen Carole Malone on my timeline oiling on about weight loss jabs.

Any others spring to mind?

Presidents Trump and Milei for their crypto bs.

in the UK jack monroe ranks pretty high for just the amount of various virtual tin shaking over the years

I've never heard of Ollie London so I had to google. Christ, what a monstrous creature. That nose job.

It's interesting that I now think of a grifter as something very specific - not someone who, I dunno, does lots of merchandising stuff or sells their own dodgy products, but more someone who is transparently siding with a political ideology (usually the Right because there is far, far more money floating around in that) purely to make money whether they believe in it or not, and often at the expense of a group to which they belong.

My cousin Mandy was always pointing out that all the female characters took off their big clip on earrings to answer the phone in those 1980's American soaps and then I couldn't concentrate on the plot of either Dallas or Dynasty any longer. I was distracted by the earring thing.

"Oh, here we go. Phone ringing. Watch her take her earring off now."
"Mandy!"

Kate Middleton obviously. Followed William to university. Is always “keen” to do projects but then nothing except to say “something something early years are important.”

Most of the candidates on The Apprentice. There's negotiating hard to strike a really strong deal; and there's just being a stinking great big grifter.

Imagine trashing and insulting a hard-working business owner's livelihood, value and hard-won reputation on TV, without any self-awareness whatsoever.

Johnson charging £150 for photo ops.
That Kate off Big Brother charging a grand for a DJ set, turning up battered, having someone else play tunes while she 'powdered her nose' for an hour.
Scargill paying his mortgage with miner's cash. A millionaire now.
Any 'celebrity' influencer.

Yes. Exactly my point.

ETA until his presidency he had managed to lose more than he made though.

If anyone has not seen it, I highly recommend the film 'Grifters' with Angelica Houston - its brilliant - like gritty Hustle.

Actually he's God.

Yes on a recent episode of SYLO she said dessert spoons are something from Downton Abbey! As if they aren't what most people use most of the time!

GLP cases spreadsheet
Hmm I'm not convinced, some of the stuff that they're claiming as wins on their spreadsheet are pretty thin gruel. Also you'd think one of those 40+ staff members would have time to update their marks donors, last updated July 2024 even though they say it will be done quarterly.
The St James Place of lawfare 😁

Trump.

A grifter is someone who can pull the wool over people's eyes, by spouting crap that they don't believe themselves in order to make money or become favourable in someway, and often there is some sort of illegality/scam involved. So for those reasons I have to say Donald Trump, he himself is a complete scam that millions have bought into and believe. God help us all.

I'm not sure if this 100% meets the brief, and sorry if I'm repeating, but does David Tennant really need to do a fucking advert for broccoli?! Surely you have enough money now Dave..

@Viviennemary The blogs about her yachting days certainly made for interesting reading, before Google wiped them all.

Visit Scotland! It's lovely up here.

Royal family - but fair play to them. Nobody seems to mind - bizarre but there you go

Yes and pretending she’s on budget holidays all the time that everyone with a large family could afford if they just did a little shopping around and more DIY when in fact her holidays are luxury and gifted

The 2 Markles with all their money and contacts why the heck can’t they launch a business. Their latest venture is potentially dogged by their business name’As Ever’ and their logo is similar to an area in Mallorca As Spotify said Grifters!

Pretty much agree with all - Trump, Jack Monroe, Meghan Markle & all the Royals, Michelle Mone, Captain Tom’s family…urgh.

I’d add Ngozi Fulani who runs the ‘charity’ Sista Space. She got a lot of publicity because someone was racist to her. Unfortunately for her she drew a bit too much attention to herself when seeking publicity afterwards and a few people investigated her grifting ways. No cumuppence that I’ve seen yet. If you don’t know her please read the thread by JustPikachoo on X about Sista Space.

Farage is the obvious one. Johnson - being a sneaky, bullying, lying, expeditious, narcissistic, wee fucker does not mean he’s intelligent.

Who was that prat who shacked up with Vanessa who only ever had one song and due to her everytime she appeared anywhere his song got played? Moron both of them..Ben something the one hit wonder? He made a career out of well fucked if I know!!

Someone said it first.

I suppose that was inevitable!

'The 2 Markles' 😂, I might need to use that in future!