Brexit supporter and Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has ripped into the European Union, insisting the bloc is becoming “less and less democratic”. The Wetherspoons chairman and founder also claimed the Tory and Labour parties have to choose between doing what was “promised in the referendum” or risk getting “fired by the electorate”. Mr Martin told Sky News: “I think there comes a time when you have to stop speculating on the minutia of parliamentary manoeuvres. As far as the electorate is concerned and the Brexit Party showed that both those main parties have not fulfilled their obligations to the electorate or in their manifestos and they have not adhered to the referendum.

“So in those circumstances, if democracy is going to work in this country in the future, then it has to be other parties. It’s up to them.

“Do what they promised in the referendum or get fired by the electorate. Or don’t have a democracy, which is the way Europe itself is heading.

“It’s becoming less and less democratic.”

Referring to who he would back as future Prime Minister, the Brexiteer businessman said: “I think if Boris or Dominic Raab, for example, I prefer Boris because he’s had another job, he’s run a magazine for eight years and he’s been Mayor of London twice.

The Brexit Party showed that both those main parties have not fulfilled their obligations to the electorate

Tim Martin

“I’d prefer Boris, but if they cannot corral the dominant Remain politicians within their own party they will lose out to the Brexit Party at the election.

“So if Jeremy Hunt, Rory Stewart and Emily Thornberry keep saying the same things we’re going round and round and round in circles and they’re effectively saying they don’t want to leave.”

Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt has said that the Conservative Party would face destruction if it attempts to push through a no-deal Brexit.

He also noted that the party would be “annihilated” and “face extinction” if there was a general election before the UK leaves the EU and that such an action would lead to a Labour victory.

However, fellow Tory Esther McVey tweeted in response; “Political suicide actually lies in not having a clean break from the EU and not leaving on the 31st October.”

Meanwhile, Jean-Claude Juncker suggested Britain is drifting towards another Brexit extension in October.

The Luxembourg politician criticised MPs for prioritising Theresa May’s removal, rather than finally finding an agreement on a Brexit deal.

Mr Juncker told CNN: “What I don’t like in the British debate is it seems more important to replace the Prime Minister than to find an agreement among themselves.”

Asked whether he thought the UK should hold a second Brexit vote, Mr Juncker, said: “I would like to say yes to a second referendum, but the result might not be any different. We are observers in a British stadium – it’s up for them to decide.”

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