Tesco profit slump was God’s will says Christian pressure group
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/13/tesco-slump-divine-intervention-christian-group
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Fringe religious pressure group Christian Voice has claimed that Tesco’s poor performance recently was due to divine intervention.
The group – which has around 2,000 members throughout the UK – had held protests outside Tesco stores towards the end of 2011 after objecting to the supermarket chain’s decision to sponsor an area at Gay Pride celebrations in London.
Christian Voice responded to today’s announcement of a drop in profits for Tesco, saying: “God has answered our prayers for confusion in the Tesco boardroom.”
“As the Big Price Drop was launched in September,” said Christian Voice National Director Stephen Green, “it seems that almighty God, who operates outside of space and time, was well ahead of us, anticipating our prayers and seeing by our actions that our prayers were serious.”
Green then asked Tesco to reconsider their sponsorship commitments: “I now call on Tesco to see sense before their company is ruined. Don’t display the arrogance of the Pharaoh. Withdraw the grant to Gay Pride.”
Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, Green said: “It’s quite a good thing if Tesco are humbled – they’re a bit too big for their boots.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/13/tesco-slump-divine-intervention-c...
The group – which has around 2,000 members throughout the UK – had held protests outside Tesco stores towards the end of 2011 after objecting to the supermarket chain’s decision to sponsor an area at Gay Pride celebrations in London.
Christian Voice responded to today’s announcement of a drop in profits for Tesco, saying: “God has answered our prayers for confusion in the Tesco boardroom.”
“As the Big Price Drop was launched in September,” said Christian Voice National Director Stephen Green, “it seems that almighty God, who operates outside of space and time, was well ahead of us, anticipating our prayers and seeing by our actions that our prayers were serious.”
Green then asked Tesco to reconsider their sponsorship commitments: “I now call on Tesco to see sense before their company is ruined. Don’t display the arrogance of the Pharaoh. Withdraw the grant to Gay Pride.”
Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, Green said: “It’s quite a good thing if Tesco are humbled – they’re a bit too big for their boots.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/13/tesco-slump-divine-intervention-c...
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