Tim Martin
Tim Martin is a British businessman and the founder and chairman of the pub chain Wetherspoons. [1]
Brexit chats with drinkers
Prominent leave campaigner Tim Martin will be dropping into surprise drinkers in his pub chain Wetherspoons to discuss the upcoming EU referendum. Martin is going to attempt to visit at least 100 pubs over the next few weeks in the run up to the referendum, to make the case for withdrawal when polls open on 23 June.
The pub chain owner has also printed hundreds of thousands of editions of Wetherspoon News magazine, featuring arguments from both camps. Martin said: 'The EU referendum is extremely important and I believe it is vital that voters are given the arguments both for and against, so they can make up their minds.'
'Our Wetherspoon News EU special brings together a number of articles which I hope people will read and help them make up their mind on which way they are going to vote. I look forward to speaking with Wetherspoon customers during the next four weeks in our pubs across the UK as part of the EU referendum debate.' [2]
Donations
- Vote Leave - donated £62,000 (in 2 donations) to lead anti-EU group in the run up to the UK's membership referendum in June 2016 [3]
Notes
- ↑ James Moore,'Dont shed too many tears for Tim Martin and JD Wetherspoon' 22 January 2015, Independent, accessed 19 May 2016
- ↑ 'Pub Boss to hold Brexit chats with drinkers', 24 May 2016, Sky News, accessed 24 May 2016
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 12 May 2016
