Richard Branson really is an arrogant man.
The failure of his Virgin conglomerate to secure a further period running the west coast mainline rail service has been met with whingeing and whining of epic proportions as Branson tries to find a way of changing the outcome of the bidding process. The simple fact is that Virgin lost due to submitting an inferior bid and Branson doesn't like it.
There is no provision in the process of tendering and contracting for a losing party to start demanding reviews and effective renegotiation. Branson's petulant demand for a delay in the final award of the contract and his ridiculous suggestion that MPs should have an opportunity to debate the award really are beyond the pail. The award of a contract is a financil and business matter, not a political one, and MPs certainly have no role to play; Branson's claims that the winning bid isn't viable and should be looked at again is just daft. Since when do losing bidders have the right to have their views on competing bids heard and considered ?
Unless the world has gone truly mad, Branson will be told to shut up and go away; the problem is that he's very, very rich and has very powerful 'friends', mostly, it seems, on the opposition benches in Parliament. This is a time for 'Boy Dave' to show some balls..
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