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Yes, it was a bit of a flippant suggestion.
I just find it strange that you get the "What vacuum should I get that isn't a Dyson" but not "Which insurance company but not Hiscox" or "Which funds management company but not Hargreaves Lansdown".
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I just find it strange that you get the "What vacuum should I get that isn't a Dyson" but not "Which insurance company but not Hiscox" or "Which funds management company but not Hargreaves Lansdown".
I did move my insurance from Hiscox, albeit not directly due to their Brexit stance.
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It's a good point.
You have also made me question whether not buying a Dyson is a greater expression of metro-elite tribal identity than switching from Hiscox.
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Shit. Just switched to Hiscox for PII. Didn't have many options. Didn't realise they were Brexit-y.
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It's a fair point.
For starters in terms of rank hypocrisy, which I don't think is the be-all anyway but still...
...Dyson differs from Ratcliffe, in that Ratcliffe is (imo) a PE-style investment mogul. Offshoring and reducing tax liabilities is part of his bread and butter. He doesn't promote a carefully curated public image as some great British innovator bringing manufacturing back to the UK.
I can't buy some Ineos fuel additive at John Lewis.
A sportsperson sponsored by a company does not have the same relationship as the creator of the company with the same name who uses the synergy between the two to allow them a pubic platform.
These are my reasons. Which when you think about it is forms probably the most self-definingly metropolitan elite protest you can imagine.