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The hypocrisy is based on the fact he loudly supported Brexit saying that we would be better off outside the EU because of how awesome the UK could do by itself

The hypocrisy is based on the fact he loudly supported Brexit saying that we would be better off outside the EU because of how awesome the UK could do by itself, before moving everything to Singapore. He clearly cares not in the least about the UK. I will never buy any of his products ever again.

zeroname 8y ago
If he didn't care about the UK then why would he vocally support a Brexit? That's a clear contradiction. To put it another way, I can argue for a better business environment in my home country while simultaneously having all my business in a country that actually has such an environment.
- philbarr 8y ago
  Your argument proves my point. He's doing it entirely for his own selfish reasons and not for the good of the country.
  - zeroname 8y ago
    Virtually anybody who runs a successful business believes that a good business environment is also good for the country.
blibble 8y ago
you've got your sequence of events wrong there: - 2003: moves his manufacturing base of the UK/EU - 2016: says we'd be better off outside (like his manufacturing base is currently) - 2019: moves legal HQ (and two jobs) outside of the UK
- philbarr 8y ago
  So if he's basically based in Singapore, why get involved in the Brexit argument at all? Or at least if he did, why wasn't his argument, "I had to move all my manufacturing out of the UK because it's not like Singapore". Don't remember him saying that during the campaign.
  - blibble 8y ago
    he's been upset for a while at the EU's regulatory standards on vacuum cleaners, which he said were mostly written by his German competitors he contested them in court and was ultimately victorious, but it took 5 years (and presumably millions of pounds) to win that victory to me that seems like a valid reason to be upset
    - philbarr 8y ago
      It's a reason to be upset, it's not a reason to back a brexit campaign.
      - blibble 8y ago
        presumably you have little problem with the majority of the UK business establishment expressing their view that leaving will disadvantage their businesses Mr Dyson's business has been systematically disadvantaged for years by corruption that seems to be endemic to the political institution that's membership is currently under debate so why is it acceptable for the UK business establishment to campaign for what their believe to be in their best interests, but not for Mr Dyson to campaign for his?
        philbarr 8y ago
        It's fine for him to campaign for his own company, as long as he's clear it's all about his self-interest in the world of vacuum cleaner regulation. It's not ok to say that Brexit will be great for all the other companies in the UK, whilst clearly demonstrating he couldn't care less. It's immoral. That's what I'm complaining about. > Mr Dyson's business has been systematically disadvantaged for years by corruption that seems to be endemic to the political institution that's membership is currently under debate You're going to have provide substantial evidence of that "corruption" vs Mr Dyson not get his own way and getting all upset.
        blibble 8y ago
        > It's not ok to say that Brexit will be great for all the other companies in the UK, whilst clearly demonstrating he couldn't care less. It's immoral. That's what I'm complaining about. did he say that though?
groestl 8y ago
It seems like he first ensured chaos for his competitors, and then executed well on that chaos by having a backup plan. Seems like a great capitalist. Lacking in ethics, as a human, but a great capitalist.

zeroname 8y ago

If he didn't care about the UK then why would he vocally support a Brexit? That's a clear contradiction. To put it another way, I can argue for a better business environment in my home country while simultaneously having all my business in a country that actually has such an environment.

philbarr 8y ago
Your argument proves my point. He's doing it entirely for his own selfish reasons and not for the good of the country.
- zeroname 8y ago
  Virtually anybody who runs a successful business believes that a good business environment is also good for the country.

blibble 8y ago

you've got your sequence of events wrong there: - 2003: moves his manufacturing base of the UK/EU - 2016: says we'd be better off outside (like his manufacturing base is currently) - 2019: moves legal HQ (and two jobs) outside of the UK

philbarr 8y ago
So if he's basically based in Singapore, why get involved in the Brexit argument at all? Or at least if he did, why wasn't his argument, "I had to move all my manufacturing out of the UK because it's not like Singapore". Don't remember him saying that during the campaign.
- blibble 8y ago
  he's been upset for a while at the EU's regulatory standards on vacuum cleaners, which he said were mostly written by his German competitors he contested them in court and was ultimately victorious, but it took 5 years (and presumably millions of pounds) to win that victory to me that seems like a valid reason to be upset
  - philbarr 8y ago
    It's a reason to be upset, it's not a reason to back a brexit campaign.
    - blibble 8y ago
      presumably you have little problem with the majority of the UK business establishment expressing their view that leaving will disadvantage their businesses Mr Dyson's business has been systematically disadvantaged for years by corruption that seems to be endemic to the political institution that's membership is currently under debate so why is it acceptable for the UK business establishment to campaign for what their believe to be in their best interests, but not for Mr Dyson to campaign for his?
      - philbarr 8y ago
        It's fine for him to campaign for his own company, as long as he's clear it's all about his self-interest in the world of vacuum cleaner regulation. It's not ok to say that Brexit will be great for all the other companies in the UK, whilst clearly demonstrating he couldn't care less. It's immoral. That's what I'm complaining about. > Mr Dyson's business has been systematically disadvantaged for years by corruption that seems to be endemic to the political institution that's membership is currently under debate You're going to have provide substantial evidence of that "corruption" vs Mr Dyson not get his own way and getting all upset.
        blibble 8y ago
        > It's not ok to say that Brexit will be great for all the other companies in the UK, whilst clearly demonstrating he couldn't care less. It's immoral. That's what I'm complaining about. did he say that though?

groestl 8y ago

It seems like he first ensured chaos for his competitors, and then executed well on that chaos by having a backup plan. Seems like a great capitalist. Lacking in ethics, as a human, but a great capitalist.