Why it’s time for the UK to ostracise James Watt of Brewdog

by zellisgoatbond

28 comments
  1. [archive link](https://archive.ph/aINhn):

    > Every time an idiot appears on the world stage, my experience tells me that someone will come along who wants, at the very least, to match them in terms of stupidity.
    >Elon Musk is an idiot and a dangerous one at that. He is creating mayhem in the US government at present, with massive and harmful consequences for the people of that country, and millions, if not billions, of people outside it. That’s because of his utterly reckless behaviour in trying to slash the size of the US government without any consideration of the consequences.
    >James Watt, the founder and former chief executive of Brewdog, is the fool who is now trying to match him in terms of stupidity.

    >As The National has reported, James Watt has now announced that he is going to set up what he calls a “Shadow Doge” in the UK. His claim is that the Labour Government is sending the UK to hell in a handcart (or something like that), and so, in his own words:
    >“It’s time to actually do something.
    >“I’m sick of talking about how broken our government is. And I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about it. So, I am introducing Shadow Doge.

    >“You can think of it as the unofficial, underground cousin of America’s Department Of Government Efficiency.”
    >There is considerable doubt about the legal basis for what Elon Musk is doing in the USA. The one thing that we can say for sure is that James Watt has no authority whatsoever to take on his self-appointed task. The only thing that we can be sure of is that, based upon the arrogance of the statement that he issued, he believes that he is as competent as Musk to identify just where there might be waste in UK Government expenditure.
    >What is amusing is that despite that arrogance and extraordinary self-confidence, he actually had nothing to say about where he thought such waste could be found, except by attacking the £749 million he says it spends a year on public relations, which is actually the cost of the Government running its websites and letting us known how to go about interacting with it.
    >He did, instead resort to the type of populist generality that is all too commonplace amongst people of his and Musk’s type. You will note that he is claiming that the people of the UK must share his disgust about government waste without saying why. His arrogance can be summarised as: “Trust me, I’m right because I’m very clever and very rich, even though I haven’t a clue what I am talking about”.
    >It does not even seem as though he is willing to do the hard work to identify what it is that he opposes. Instead, his claim is that he will inundate the Government with Freedom of Information (FoI) requests demanding that they tell him where waste might be. What is obvious is that he does not know three things about FoI requests.

  2. He says he’s going to set up a phone line for the public to report wastage in the public sector.

    You know what to do Scotland.

  3. Since when has this beer maker been an expert in public finances? Does he have secret degree and decades of experience in public sector finance and economics? Or is he just a massive wanker?

  4. Where do these people get the fuckung audacity to think they know better than people who have served the public sector for decades.

    The fucking arrogance.

  5. The UK is more likely to give the tory prick a peerage.

  6. Just more attempts to mess with SEO to hide his past.

    Don’t feed it.

    The BBC had this to say about the now disgraced James Watt of Brewdog

    >The BBC Scotland Disclosure team started investigating the company after almost 300 former and current Brewdog employees signed a letter last year accusing Mr Watt of presiding over a toxic culture of fear.

    >The documentary The Truth about Brewdog features interviews with 12 former Brewdog USA staff who have alleged inappropriate behaviour and abuse of power in the workplace by Mr Watt.

    >The documentary features claims that:

    >Mr Watt was witnessed by staff kissing an intoxicated customer on a roof terrace bar

    >Female bartenders were advised how to avoid unwelcome attention from Mr Watt

    >Managers would try to schedule certain female staff to be off to avoid Mr Watt’s visits

    >One bartender said she felt “powerless” to prevent unwelcome attention from Mr Watt

    >Mr Watt, while on trips to his US bars, took women on late night private brewery tours, leaving staff feeling uncomfortable

    >Mr Watt flirted with a staff member before taking her to the roof of a Brewdog building in view of other staff.

    There have been many more accusations.

  7. You know these wankers thrive on the attention and controversy no matter how negative? It’s their lifeblood. Don’t give them what they want just ignore them. I bet his Google search history is 90% in relation to himself.

  8. I thought we already had.

    Fuck him and his beer cans.

    I was good and said “and ” instead of “with”

  9. Why is he such a tosser ? (Also why the fuck does autocorrect turn tosser into fucking toaster?).

    He just comes across as a despicable cunt of the highest magnitude. I’ll admit to liking Hazy Jane and Elvis Juice but his beers are mostly overrated and pricy too.

  10. Oh my lord he’s trying to construct a narrative that he’s like Elon hahahahahahaha

    Elon is a fanny but he’s successfully commercialised space travel!

    Brewguy crowdfunded the distribution of poison.

    Lost for words.

  11. I’ve never even tried any of his various swill products.

    I’m so glad.

  12. Baldy has never been the same since inventing the steam engine

  13. I wish that Richard Murphy would take his own advice at stop calling himself an economist.

  14. It’s glorified homebrew. We went through a stage where the topknot hipsters were in vogue and this made it more popular than it should have been.

  15. Ostracise seems a bit strong, just don’t buy his products if you don’t like him

  16. What a waste of human skin. You have a limited time to deal with this guy and his ilk. Stop them please.

  17. It must be rare for someone to act like just as much of a bellend as they look. 

    The onomatopoeia of bellends. 

  18. He’s trying to build his public profile because he wants a TV career. The National have published three seperate articles on him today alone, he’s either paying them or they’re too dumb to realise that they’re helping him.

  19. I’ve not had a drink in a few weeks but I feel like going out to buy some Williams Bros or Stewart Brewing so I can meaningfully boycott this knob.

  20. Absolutely. I don’t drink his beer unfortunately so can’t boycott .

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