British business should ignore Wetherspoons boss on Brexit
It is not the time to stay quiet on Brexit, otherwise people like JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin will dominate the debate, writes Lionel Laurent
The hectoring tone of Brexit-loving Tim Martin, chairman of pub chain JD Wetherspoon, will be familiar to anyone who has spent time pinned against a bar listening to a late-night rant.
As an outspoken fan of Britain’s planned departure from the EU – that is, provided migrant labour doesn’t dry up – Martin likes to make his views heard on a regular basis.
Wetherspoon’s latest trading statement was no exception. Blasting “gloomsters” who ...
