Brexiter Tim Martin wants Brexit’s ‘f***ing tariffs’ cancelled to help business – 11 resounding facepalms
Tim Martin, founder and chairman of Wetherspoons, occasionally takes time out of his busy Question Time schedule to leave a trail of self-owns on the internet that’s visible from space.
Who can forget the time the outspoken Brexiter called for special visas for hospitality staff so that Brexit wouldn’t damage his pub chain?
Or the time he cut prices in Wetherspoons before Brexit to show that he’d be able to cut prices after Brexit. Hmmm…
In an interview in The Times, he both insisted that Brexit was the right path, and had a sweary rant about the tariffs which have been caused by – you guessed it – Brexit.
For all the trouble it’s caused, leaving the EU was right, says the founder and chairman of the pub chain https://t.co/MJAGESNXdW
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) September 4, 2022
It got exactly the response you’d expect.
1.
Mate, the main reason we joined the European Union was to get rid of the f***ing tariffs https://t.co/YyqIZvB92Z
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) September 4, 2022
2.
Sentient turnip Tim Martin is calling for a tariff free trading zone. A bit like the one he campaigned so hard to get rid of.
— Parody Boris (@Parody_PM) September 4, 2022
3.
Tim Martin calls for U.K. to rejoin the single market in a surprise volte-face. pic.twitter.com/xK7r44SgWC
— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🇪🇺🐟🇬🇧🏴☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) September 4, 2022
4.
I see village idiot Tim Wetherspoons Martin is moaning about Brexit tariffs which were campaigned for by er Tim Martin again
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) September 4, 2022
5.
Who wants to tell him? https://t.co/bocVxKNO9e
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) September 4, 2022
6.
Hey Siri, what does the phrase ‘fuck about and find out’ mean? https://t.co/6KSjXI3Glz
— Стюарт Уилсон (@nosliWtrautS) September 4, 2022
7.
Well, well, well. If it isn’t the consequences of your own actions. https://t.co/wsUPWmbvVa
— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) September 4, 2022
8.
“Get rid of gravity and levitation works.”https://t.co/WbMOQHJaNO
— David Clark 🇺🇦 (@David_K_Clark) September 5, 2022
9.
“Get rid of the f***ing tariffs and Brexit works”
Martin’s inability to understand Brexit after all this time would be amusing if it wasn’t so damaging to the rest of us.https://t.co/POEtMqTQc1
— Alexis Conran (@alexisconran) September 4, 2022
10.
Tim Martin, and Brexiters everywhere… pic.twitter.com/pvAncl3asy
— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@edwinhayward) September 5, 2022
11.
Big Brain Business Geniuses literally not knowing what a trading bloc is. https://t.co/B7mRRg0SgF
— Sean Biggerstaff (@Seanchuckle) September 4, 2022
Alex Taylor put it in language that Tim Martin would understand.
It's your f***ing Brexit that put the f***ing tariffs up in the first place, you f***ing noodlehead ! 🤡👇https://t.co/iJNiR05qX2
— Alex Taylor (@AlexTaylorNews) September 4, 2022
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