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Rejected petition Reconsider Richard Branson's knighthood

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Richard Branson has responded to a government decision with ill-grace and a flurry of PR activity to try and gain his own way. His actions in trying to overturn a democratically elected government are reprehensible and he should, therefore, be stripped of his knighthood.

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Date submitted 24 August 2012
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