Branson and others have made their money in life by being shrewd. Why should he give his money away because other people think he has got pots of it? Should we tell friends to give money away because we think they have too much? Maybe the reason that Branson hasn’t invested large sums of his money into it is because he has looked at the potential returns – would it be good publicity to have the ‘Virgin Vulcan ‘ u/s at Farnborough for instance when one of his businesses is an airline !
I agree almost entirely with what youve said David. I certainly dont think that he should give his money away purely because we think he has got pots if it. Branson is far cleverer than to get sucked in by that expectation, and yes I agree that the publicity he could gain from supporting the Virgin Vulcan could be adverse to his business interets.
Yet he is happy to take part in a letter writing excercise that will, I have no doubt prove to be fruitless. I know that, many of the forum readers know that as Im sure he also does. He has however by putting his name to this letter gained free advertising and made himself and no doubt his companies look better for supporting a throughly British underdog of a project whilst at the same time not forking out any money and perhaps more importantly kept a safe distance from the project for when the inevitable happens.
But if he and the other celebs are so passionate about it the asked for amount to avert disaster IS peanuts to them. You cant argue that surely David ? and what would be so wrong about giving the project the money between them and not seeking publicity? If I gave a £100 to a project I dont want to be in the press telling all. But then again Im not a celeb and dont want the adulation of millions or to increase the image of a business I run.
All this is from all of them is self serving publicity.
By the way I will add that I have no problem with Branson and Im not having a go at him personally. In fact what Ive seen of the guy on TV I rather like him and respect highly what he has achieved. I wish I was as shrewd and then maybe I wouldnt be of to work shortly to work till 1am whilst lining other peoples pockets. 😉
And to now give Mr Branson some positive PR he did pay for a seasons insurance for Sally B, so clearly he is a good guy.
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