Business owner who exports to EU mocks Brussels chiefs over Brexit in HILARIOUS tirade
A BUSINESS owner who exports to the European Union mocked Brussels chiefs for their negotiations over a Brexit divorce bill in a hilarious tirade.
Business owner uses restaurant analogy to mock Brexit
Martin Wadsworth, director of heating system supplier DiscreteHeat, said Britain should call the European Union’s bluff and threaten to walk away from the table if Brexit talks do not improve.
Speaking to Channel 4 News, Mr Wadsworth said the UK should not pay money without first knowing what it would get in return.
He said: “At the moment, the negotiations are like you walk into a restaurant and you say, ‘can I have a menu please’, and the maître d' says ‘no, here’s the bill’ and you go, ‘I’ve not ordered anything yet’.
“And they say ‘no, pay the bill first, then we’ll give you the menu.
Martin Wadsworth criticised EU chiefs for their Brexit divorce bill demands
We’re looking to pay money and we don’t even know what we’re going to get for it
“So, at the moment, we’re looking to pay money and we don’t even know what we’re going to get for it.
“From my point of view, I think we should actually just say, look, we’re out of this unless we can get a better deal in the meantime.”
EU diplomats have said Theresa May’s £36billion Brexit divorce bill offer is not enough to move negotiations to phase two.
The enhanced financial figure, which has been widely reported but not confirmed by the government, doubles the offer Mrs May made in her Florence speech in September.
It is understood the new offer was discussed at a meeting of Mrs May’s inner Brexit cabinet yesterday.
Brussels said it was waiting for a concrete offer in the Brexit negotiations but behind the scenes diplomats described the offer as not enough.
One diplomat said: “This £36 billion could make sense only if it’s a first step with an openness to discuss further financial commitments.
“It could be enough to say, OK we are ready to move to phase 2, but only if it’s not the final figure.
“For some countries, it could be enough but I don’t see France or Italy agreeing.”