If you want to vote Tory on 6th May go ahead. I can’t stop you but don’t say I didn’t warn you!
I’ve been quiet for long time, busy on other projects, but today’s news (if it isn’t an April Fool’s joke) that 23 so-called captains of industry are backing George Osbourne’s insane tax plans has spurred me into action.
The short-sightedness of these people beggars belief. All that interests them is short-term gain for their shareholders. They have no interest in the future prosperity of this country nor the well-being of its people. I urge you to boycott these companies and write to their CEOs to tell them why. It is something that I will be doing without further delay.
The so-called captains and their companies are (list courtesy of BBC News):
Sir Anthony Bamford (JCB)
Bill Bolsover (Aggregates Industries)
Dominic Burke (Jardine Lloyd Thompson)
Ian Cheshire (Kingfisher)
Neil Clifford (Kurt Geiger)
Mick Davis (Xstrata)
Aidan Harvey (Tullow Oil)
Lord Harris (Carpetright)
Justin King (Sainsbury’s)
Sir Chris Gent (GlaxoSmithKline)
Ben Gordon (Mothercare)
John Lovering (Mitchells and Butler)
Graham Mackay (SAB Miller)
Alistair McGeorge (Matalan)
Nicolas Moreau (Axa UK)
Stephen Murphy (Virgin Group)
Alan Parker (Whitbread)
Sir Stuart Rose (Marks and Spencer)
Paul Walsh (Diageo)
Joseph Wan (Harvey Nichols)
Simon Wolfson (Next)
Zameer Choudrey (Bestway Cash and Carry)
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (easyGroup)
