Having worked with such people, not only would they not think to thank their victims, if they did think of them it would only to claim the credit for having done them a favour by encouraging them to develop their careers.
On a recent radio programme, the rich senior politician responsible for the coal mine closures in the 1980s said he is very proud of having given those men the opportunity to use their skills elsewhere. The fact that the communities involved have still not recovered means nothing to him, but then, those industrial towns are not the sort of place his sort would ever visit.
Having worked with such people, not only would they not think to thank their victims, if they did think of them it would only to claim the credit for having done them a favour by encouraging them to develop their careers.
On a recent radio programme, the rich senior politician responsible for the coal mine closures in the 1980s said he is very proud of having given those men the opportunity to use their skills elsewhere. The fact that the communities involved have still not recovered means nothing to him, but then, those industrial towns are not the sort of place his sort would ever visit.