Virgin blows George Osborne

[SimonMac]

I can't stand Branson and the Virgin hype machine. He does the same trick every time, launches a product in an already saturated market and then blames the resident market leader for being the market leader. Idiots fall for it.

He's got 3 billion reasons why he would say this is a trick that works!

[eek]

Will say one thing for him, he knows when to jump. Virgin music stores were sold at a handsome profit to who was it zavvi? Then they went bust.

RB sees the ship is sinking; he's the guy standing on the iceberg as the rest of us on the titanic sinks to our doom.

He sold the stores for £1 which I don't think anyone would call a handsome profit.

[DodgyAgent]

I can't stand Branson and the Virgin hype machine. He does the same trick every time, launches a product in an already saturated market and then blames the resident market leader for being the market leader. Idiots fall for it.

So what?

[scooterscot]

He sold the stores for £1 which I don't think anyone would call a handsome profit.

The retail figures during ownership exceeded 8 figures.