OPINION: Managers backing the Yes side ought to reflect on how they would feel if the board insisted the company go out and advocate a No vote.
We used to despise the self-righteous. There was nothing more irritating than a self-righteous prig who lectured us about how naughty we were. Okay, so we have abandoned self-righteousness, but we have replaced it with a new doctrine called virtue signalling.
Corporate leaders would be best advised to listen to common sense rather than a few “virtuous” HR managers and political consultants. Britain contributes just 1 per cent of total global emissions, so imposing a “huge burden” on the British public will have no impact at all on the global climate. It’s just hugely expensive virtue signalling.
Imposing still harsher penalties on the public to reduce our emissions further will not make one jot of difference to the climate. That is a global issue and in particular needs to be addressed in those countries that are seeing emissions increase substantially, such as India and China. Coutts took one step too far. It cancelled the personal account of a controversial conservative public figure,, because his support for Brexit, his admiration of Margaret Thatcher, his views on LGBTQ+ rights and so on, were not consistent with “the values of the bank”.
The voice referendum is a deeply divisive political issue. Passionate views are held by both sides of the argument, and if opinion polls are to be believed the country is almost equally divided on this matter.
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