Chairman and founder of JD Wetherspoon - Tim Martin
The Interview22 Huhti 2016

Chairman and founder of JD Wetherspoon - Tim Martin

The battle for Britain's future -- in or out of the European Union -- will be settled In just two months’ time. Advocates of a vote to remain, led by the prime minister David Cameron, see economic arguments as their most potent weapon; Brexit, they claim, will come at a crippling cost in terms of jobs, investment and growth. Many business leaders seem to agree but by no means all. Stephen Sackur talks to Tim Martin, founder and chairman of the pub chain JD Wetherspoon. Could Brexit make economic sense?

(Photo: Tim Martin in the Hardtalk studio)

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