Originally Posted by anotheradam
What are you on about? How can you make a sweeping statement like this?
Simple. By listening to what Richard Branson says and then comparing it to what is actually the truth you can pretty clearly see that there are a lot of gaffes followed by a lot of back pedalling. Do you recall Bransons complaints about the BA/Qantas duopoly between LHR and SYD (a route served by over 30 airlines)? Or his grand efforts to buy Northern Rock before it was revealed his firm didn't even have a banking licence? Or perhaps you'll recall his support for the Ashes to be sent to Australia, bolstered by his heart-rending (and completely fabricated) tale of their theft by an English cricket captain. Are you even aware that Virgin execs have been rapidly backpedalling ever since the HBOS comments, explaining that there was in fact no danger of Virgin going bust if HBOS fell over? Gaffe-tastic!