Stay off the crack Gideon

It would appear that Gideon Osborne has been taking one too many puffs on his crack pipe recently. Either that or the standard of maths at Eton is not what they used to be. Gideon has sold Northern Rock to convicted tax crook Richard Branson for half the amount that was originally paid for them. This leaves the tax payer out of pocket to the tune of £400 million. Do not worry though. Gideon believes this to be a good deal for the tax payer.

The sale of Northern Rock to Richard Branson comes in the same week that he launches a new book about responsible capitalism and how big business can be a force for good. Quite a ridiculous idea, particularly when you consider that Branson is a man who has spent a lifetime lying and manipulating, opening businesses, closing businesses, paying shit wages, laying people off, scamming his recording artists, and tax avoidance on a grand scale.

Does Branson really think that making a few token charitable donations here and there in return for a knighthood is a force for good? Richard Branson is nothing more than a gangster and a spiv. He has been given Northern Rock at a bargain basement price. If it makes a profit, he keeps it all. If it makes a loss, we have to bail it out. Yes, Mr Branson and his ilk really are a force for good aren’t they?

Nobody should trust Richard Branson, and I certainly would not trust him with the steam off my piss, let alone a bank. Stay of the crack Gideon!