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03 November 2018

The Guardian: Business leaders join call for second vote on Brexit


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More than 50 business leaders have signed a letter advocating a second vote on Brexit. The letter warns of the economic damage being wrought by “either a blindfold or a destructive Brexit”.


It says the current plans being discussed by London and Brussels will fail to bring “frictionless” trade.

Among the senior executives to have publicly supported the call for a second vote are James Daunt, boss of book chain Waterstones, and Justin King, former chief executive of Sainsbury’s.

Other signatories to the letter, published by the Sunday Times, include Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of Lastminute.com and a director of Twitter and Chanel; Lord Myners,a former chair of Marks & Spencer and deputy chair of PowerGen; Sir Mike Rake, former chair of BT Group; and Richard Reed, co-founder of the Innocent Drinks company.

The letter does not specifically mention a second referendum but talks about the “ultimate choice” being given back to the electorate.

It concludes: “We are now facing either a blindfold or a destructive hard Brexit. Given that neither was on the ballot in 2016, we believe the ultimate choice should be handed back to the public with a People’s Vote.” [...]

Full article on The Guardian

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