As a “fawning capitalist lackey and a World Bank-loving, anti-poor, rich world boosting, multinational adoring sellout” *ahem* I tend to agree with the Guardian Newsblog’s Neil McIntosh’s thoughts on Sir Bob’s ill-tempered outburst against Ebay.. and his ill-tempered threats. Also worth noting, as pointed out by Neil McIntosh – “It’s not, after all, like there’s not already posh seats on sale – quite rightly, but somewhat inconsistently, they’re offering £1,250 tickets, including champagne breakfast, to corporates who just [want] to say they were there.” Ebay, meanwhile, has suspended the hoax bidders’ accounts.
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