Simon English: Sorry Stelios – this time you were the loser
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That's Sir Stelios of easyJet yesterday on his battle with the budget airline he founded.
The thing is, he didn't really win. Most of the things to which he was opposed – notably the rewards to directors – are going ahead anyway because other shareholders didn't object.
Stelios is one of those likeable, risk-taking entrepreneurs of whom we need more. It'd be nice to always take his side, sadly his rhetoric tends to be somewhat scatter-gun. Better to make two clear points and one pointed joke, than ask 20 convoluted questions and chuck about exclamation marks.
An easy win for the queasyJet board.
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