Richard Branson.

[Lizard]

Twat or not?, I notice he,s managed to escape a forum mauling for a long time, if ever! he,s just one of those people that have managed to get rich by not actually owning or doing very much, all his planes/ traines are leased, airtime leased, virgin is not a brand that springs to mind for me when I need something, eye!, he,s a strange cove that one, he must owe Mike Oldfield a great debt of gratitude.

[Ace]

He is a smug cunt who wants his finger in any pie going. Amassed a fortune on punk, although had a few bob on Tubular Bells. I have footage of him looking like Catweazle on a Sex Pistols documentry.
Not content with a nice chain of record shops, he has to have pensions, ISAs, Financial Services, condoms (bombed), Cola (bombed), private islands, Airlines, mobile phones, Hot Air Baloons (Literally bombed).
No, he is like Bill Gates and Roman Abramovich............has far too much and STILL wants more.
And whats more, I wish he would get rid of that scruffy beard

[mart]

Private Eye is always hinting that his finances are a bit dodgy (rather like the Phony Pharaoh). But they havn't come up with any real dirt yet.

Mart

[mike,,hunt]

lol who would have thought it, 3 of the biggest moaners on this forum havin a dig at a bloke with loads more money than any of then will ever have .. you jellyheads don't half make me chuckle somtimes . and no i'm no big fan of him but my guess is he not be that bothered what ya think ........................... anyway have a nice bank hoilday everyone

[Lizard]

Exactly, thats what I,m getting at Mart, I have always thought that he doesn,t quite fit the 'self made' billionaire man done good etc, made thru inventing or manufacturing, he just seems to have done nothing of any note, apart from blag and crash balloons, and as ace say,s looks a bit of a smug cunt...........

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[Guilbert]

>he just seems to have done nothing of any note

**********************
Tubular Bells went on to sell over 5 million copies! Since then many
household names, including Belinda Carlisle, Genesis, Phil Collins, Janet
Jackson and The Rolling Stones have helped to make Virgin Music one of
the top six record companies in the world. The equity of Virgin Music Group -
record labels, music publishing, and recording studios was sold to THORN
EMI in 1992 in a US$1billion deal.

The Virgin Group has now expanded into international music Megastores,
air travel, mobile, financial, retail, music, internet, drinks, rail, hotels
and leisure, with around 200 companies in over 30 countries. Yes, we've
been busy!
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Yeh, sat around on his arse doing nothing !

Guilbert

[Guilbert]

In fact the more I thought about it, the more annoyed I got at
you lot having a go at Richard Branson.

As far as I am concerned this once great country is going down
hill fast.

Almost all our manufacturing has gone, we hardly have a car
company of note left owned by the British (Jaguar, Rolls Royce
etc have been sold, Rover has gone).

The one growth industry we had (call centres) are all going to India.

Software development is also going to India, garment making
is all going to China.

We have a shitty rail network, crumbling cities, and the place
is full of retail parks and shopping centres.

We have moronic Chavs going roung vandalising and causing problems,
we have people pushing drugs on the streets, we have too much crime
and not enough police.

We NEED people like Richard Branson. People who don't sit on their
arse expecting the country to give them enough benefits to live on.

I have flown Virgin to USA, I have bought Virgin coke, I have bought
CDs and DVDs in Virgin stores.

Lets shout up for more people like Richard Branson. If he was American
they would be proud of him.

There I have had my say.

[mart]

I wasn't moaning or bitching. Merely commenting on the fact that there's something a bit mysterious about his finances.
Anyway, I get pissed off with the assumption that its all down to one man (or woman).

Mart

[Lizard]

"Almost all our manufacturing has gone, we hardly have a car
company of note left owned by the British (Jaguar, Rolls Royce
etc have been sold, Rover has gone)."

So how does Branson help? he doesn,t manufacture anything in this country!

"The one growth industry we had (call centres) are all going to India."
Check out Virgin finance, and related services, see where they are based.


"Software development is also going to India, garment making
is all going to China."
Not relevant to Branson, he only uses 3rd party everything

"We have a shitty rail network, crumbling cities, and the place
is full of retail parks and shopping centres."

Classic! He cherry picks all the prime routes for trains, and as far as I can see runs amok in all shopping centres and retail parks

"We have moronic Chavs going roung vandalising and causing problems,
we have people pushing drugs on the streets, we have too much crime
and not enough police."

Well thats not his fault I,ll give you that!

"We NEED people like Richard Branson. People who don't sit on their
arse expecting the country to give them enough benefits to live on."

Yes but they probably spend thier benefits in his shops

"I have flown Virgin to USA, I have bought Virgin coke, I have bought
CDs and DVDs in Virgin stores."
So have I, the planes are leased, virgin cokes shite, and all his shops seem overpriced to me, you can get cheaper Cd,s from Tesco!

"Lets shout up for more people like Richard Branson. If he was American
they would be proud of him."
I doubt that, Americans tend to admire people who invent/manufacture, like Gates etc, not oppurtunists

There I have had my say.

So you have, he,s still a smug cunt though I think!

[Ace]

mike,,hunt wrote:

> is he not be that bothered what ya think

yes mike, probably the same as Liz, Mart and I think of your arsey comment