... as tycoon calls time on Brexit fearmongers
THE boss of one of the country’s biggest pub chains yesterday criticised senior businessmen for ‘factually incorrect and highly misleading’ warnings over Brexit.
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said claims by the bosses of firms including Sainsbury’s that prices would go up if Britain leaves the EU without a deal were ‘completely untrue’.
He added adopting World Trade Organisation rules after Brexit would allow
Britain to scrap EU food tariffs on goods imported from overseas, reducing the average cost of a meal in a Wetherspoon pub by 3.5p and a drink by 0.5p.
He also accused Carolyn Fairbairn, head of the Confederation of British Industry, of seeking to ‘ create a misleading impression’ on Brexit.
He said some bosses believe ‘staying in the EU for an additional two years is necessary to avoid a “cliff edge”’, but added: ‘There is no cliff edge.’