Branson, wanda aka bayar da rahoton darajarsa ta dala biliyan 4.4, ya gabatar da wannan tayin ne a wani sako da aka wallafa a yau, yana kokarin samun hanyar fan miliyan 500 don Virgin Atlantic don taimaka mata ta hanyar “mummunan tasirin wannan [Covid-19] annoba ta ci gaba da faruwa. "
Branson ya bayyana cewa yana bayar da tsibirinsa na kashin kansa a tsibiran Birtaniyya da ba sa biyan haraji - wanda ya saya a shekarar 1978 kan dala 180,000 - a kokarin shawo kan gwamnatin Burtaniya ta taimaka ta ceci "ayyuka da yawa kamar yadda ya kamata" da kuma hana kamfanin jirgin samansa daga fatarar kuɗi. An bayar da rahoton cewa gwamnatin PM Boris Johnson ta ki amincewa da bukatar fan miliyan 500 da ta ba shi.
Sabon aikin da Branson ya yi a matsayin martani ga mummunar barkewar cutar coronavirus, wacce ta shafi masana'antar jirgin sama, an yi watsi da ita ta hanyar yanar gizo a matsayin "PR posturing" kawai.
Ba wannan ba ne karon farko da Branson, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da "dan gudun hijirar haraji", yake fuskantar suka mai karfi kan neman goyon bayan jihar.
“Yana zaune ne a Tsibirin Birtaniyya na Birtaniyya kuma tunda Burtaniya ba ta da haraji a duniya, [bai] biya haraji ba. Amma duk da haka yana son mai biyan harajin na Burtaniya ya koma baya, ”in ji wani sakonnin mai cike da rauni.
Attajirin dan kasuwar Burtaniya ya kwashe kadarorin da darajarsu ta kai dala biliyan 1.1 daga Amurka zuwa tsibirin Biritaniya a watan Maris, yana mai nuni da yadda yake amfani da wuraren karbar haraji yayin da yake kokarin rage asarar da ya yi yayin rikicin coronavirus.
