Unilever's decision to go Dutch should be shot down | Nils Pratley

The consumer goods company’s case for incorporating in the Netherlands fails to convinceThe grown-up stance, supposedly, is to shrug one’s shoulders at Unilever’s proposal to dismantle its Anglo-Dutch model and incorporate in the Netherlands. We are invited to be phlegmatic about the near-certain removal of the stock from the FTSE 100 index. Unilever will still have a listing in the London, runs the argument, so why make a fuss? The UK operations are staying put and the company