Weasel words

AAP reports:

Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Blue, has come out strongly against the decision not to allow the airline to enter an alliance with Air New Zealand on trans-Tasman routes.

Sir Richard said he wanted to compete on a level playing field but the competition regulator wasn’t making business easy.

No you didn’t want to compete. You wanted to stop competing with Air NZ – the exact opposite to competing.