George Soros’s indelible mark on UK runs deeper than Black Wednesday
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from Economics | The Guardian on (#6C5KW)
Breaking Bank of England in 1992 arguably set off wave of Euroscepticism that would engulf British politics
Philanthropist. Intellectual. Trenchant opponent of totalitarianism. George Soros is all of these things. At 92, he has not lost his power to make headlines, as shown by his decision to hand control of his multibillion-dollar Open Society Foundations to his son Alex, going back on a vow that it would not go to one of his children.
It has been a long time since Soros was an active investor, and he has been focused on how to spend the fortune he amassed on his main areas of interest - building democracies and supporting human rights.
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