Keydata victims ask: who is Stewart Ford?

And of what use is the FSA in preventing collapses such as this?

If he had any honour he would repay the £38 million in fees taken from these investments and give it back to the investors, instead of spending some of it on employing a 'media spokesman'.

Yet another Financial Services chief who was only looking to line his own pockets and as Julian says, where were the FSA when this all started?

My heart bleeds for him (not).

I know stewart ford as well, and i think when the real story about what happened here comes out, you'll find that he has given the 38 million back and more....

At last the other side of the story is coming to light. Stewart Ford obviously cannot speak for himself because of legal reasons, so he has had to hire others to do so for him. That is right and proper.

From a tough beginning to a wealthy entrepeneur? That takes quite a bit of determination, skill. knowledge and busines acumen, not to mention leadership. Stack that up against the manipulative inept FSA and I am beginning to believe that there must be some truth in what he says. Also, are these particular skills not exactly what this country needs at the present time? If it transpires that he is upheld in his side of the story, has the FSA once more been instrumental in destroying a sound business for reasons they are extremely unwilling to put into the public domain. Plus deliberately denigrating a prospective business leader.

I have discovered one or two other interesting facts in my attempt to come to reasonable conclusions about this unfortunate business . Several people I have talked to, that worked with and for Mr Ford, have assured me that he is an honest and decent person to have as a boss. They were all extremely loyal, and, every one of them condemmed the FSA. I was also told that due to the FSA's interventions about 160 people they know and worked with have lost their jobs. This figure might not be totally accurate, but even one person put in this position is one too much.

Keydata Victims Ask - Who is "Chay"?

We don't know - but since the appointment of spinners and rotweilers MediaHouse he has popped up regularly, using a Hotmail account, to support his chum Stewart Ford - that well known philanthropist, all round good egg, purveyor of sandwiches and "Secure" Income Plans and custodian of 30,000 UK pensioner's savings. (Where did all our money go, exactly?)

Chay's offerings sometimes try to be reasoned and persuasive (if a bit unbelievable), and sometimes they are brutal, insulting and threatening. (descriptions which Media House men, I am told, would be very proud to have attached to them)

Like this recent one in response to my previous little jokey comments about the Great Man:

PETER

Once more relatively intelligent discussion has been dragged down to the level of pantomime. Everyone that answers you cannot be a 'baddy". Remember what a great poet once said: "There's so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us. It ill behoves any of us to talk about the rest of us".

Just because we are all behind you don't get paranoid. Just remember Peter:

WE ARE BEHIND YOU!

I think that looks a little bit threatening, don't you, dear reader?

Peter the Stirrer

Peter Hilton you are so predictable..... Stop creating a drama and add something constructive to this discussion! You clearly have way too much time on your hands!!!!!

Hmm. MediaHouse need a bit of IT support it seems - the exclamation mark on one of their keyboards keeps getting stuck down!!!!!!!!

The sticky stuff could be caused by tears for the sad fate of the ex-Keydata Supremo. Crocodile tears, perhaps?

They really are not very good at this are they?

Ah! Peter. Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.Try to direct your vitriol at the right people. As for threatening, well it is sad that you feel that, I assure you it was never meant to be so. As for being Stewart Ford's "pal", that I am not, and I wouldn't know Media House if it was at the end of my street.

All I want to read in these columns is a fair degree of common sense and eventually a logical, honest, unbiased conclusion. It certainly looks like Iain Martin is beginning to see the wood through the trees. As a former Daily Mail guy I think this latest piece is more like reporting. I have said it before, both sides of the story please! With luck you will get that scoop.

As for your own "little jokey comments" Peter, if you cannot take it, don't dish it out. But do keep your sense of humour.

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Michelle

That statement says a lot more than you may have thought. It says that we all have to fear those with the biggest wallets. You can slag off who you like, just don't do it to those who can afford legions of PR luvvies and Rottweiler lawyers.

As to those criticising Peter Hilton - he is not creating a drama - that was created by Key Data. Clients invested with Key Data, Key Data has gone bosom up and clients have lost money. What is being done to compensate them?

THAT is the issue, the rest is just flummery.