Michael Caine thinks a no-deal Brexit is a scare tactic: 'In the long run, it'll come around'
'I’ve said it before: I’d rather be a poor master than a rich servant'
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir Michael Caine has stated that fears over a no-deal Brexit are the result of scare tactics.
“That’s all,” the 85-year-old actor told The Guardian. “Cos Europe will lose financially. We will too. It’s gonna be a disaster for all of us. In the long run, though, it’ll come around.”
Caine has been a stanch supporter of Britain’s efforts to leave the European Union over the years, having expressed pro-Leave views on multiple occasions.
“I’ve said it before: I’d rather be a poor master than a rich servant,” he continued. “What I see is I’m being ruled by people I don’t know, who no one elected, and I think of that as fascist, you know?”
The actor – who was promoting his latest movie, King of Thieves, in which he plays one of the famed Hatton Garden burglars – added that the UK “seems to be doing all right” now.
The UK is scheduled to leave the EU on the 29 March, 2019 – exactly two years after Article 50 was activated. If negotiations with the EU result in a no-deal Brexit, the UK risks having no official trade, diplomatic or immigration plans in place for the country’s departure.
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