He wants Branson and Virgin Money's boss, Jayne-Anne Ghadia, to give RBS, Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays and Santander a run for their money - which many of you will see as a laudable ambition.

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His ambition to reopen former trade routes across a peaceful Indian subcontinent is laudable.

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