Business leaders in Britain have called for a second public vote on whether the UK should withdraw from the European Union.
The demand by more than 70 business owners came in a letter they signed to the Sunday Times.
Among the leaders is Justin King, the chief executive of Waterstones and former Sainsbury’s boss, who said a “destructive hard Brexit” will cause damage to the country’s economy.
Other signatories to the letter include James Daunt, boss of book chain Waterstones, Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of Lastminute.com and a director of Twitter and Chanel; Lord Myers, deputy chairman of PowerGen and a former chair of Marks & Spencer; Sir Mike Rake, former chair of BT Group; and Richard Reed, co-founder of the Innocent Drinks company.
The letter says the current plans under discussion by the UK and the EU will fail to bring “frictionless” trade.
There is not specific…