Gosling's Grouse - Soundbite society

"I am making £28.50 from every £1 - this scheme has 50,000 people in it."

This is, apparently, what a character called Kevin Foster told people who attended his ‘investment’ roadshows. You may have read about him, because he was convicted last week at a court in Harrow in West London and now thankfully faces a decent stretch in prison. Foster’s scams were multiple. They started way back in 2001 with a football betting scheme and moved onto Infocus International, a Cayman Island-based company, which invested in art. Of course, it was not art at all  but worthless prints of paintings and photos. As it turned out, the only genuine thing about Foster was ...