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| 'Huge' business and tourism opportunities from EU - Farron | 'Huge' business and tourism opportunities from EU - Farron |
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| Remaining in the EU offers Wales "huge" tourism and business opportunities, Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron has argued, launching the Welsh party's campaign for the referendum on 23 June. | Remaining in the EU offers Wales "huge" tourism and business opportunities, Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron has argued, launching the Welsh party's campaign for the referendum on 23 June. |
| He said tourism was worth £6.9bn to Wales, supporting about 206,000 jobs. | He said tourism was worth £6.9bn to Wales, supporting about 206,000 jobs. |
| Mr Farron said the Liberal Democrats was the only UK party "completely united" on remaining in the EU. | Mr Farron said the Liberal Democrats was the only UK party "completely united" on remaining in the EU. |
| But a former advisor to Margaret Thatcher said the EU was "dysfunctional". | |
| Prof Patrick Minford, who is now based at Cardiff Business School, said it was time for Wales and the UK to leave the union. | |
| Mr Farron will visit businesses in Brecon, Powys, with Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams on Thursday. | |
| "The EU offers our small businesses and tourism sector huge opportunities, I can't understand why anyone would want to shut those opportunities down," he said. | "The EU offers our small businesses and tourism sector huge opportunities, I can't understand why anyone would want to shut those opportunities down," he said. |
| "Of course we recognise that the EU is not perfect, neither is Westminster. But picking up your ball in a sulk and heading home is not the way to win." | "Of course we recognise that the EU is not perfect, neither is Westminster. But picking up your ball in a sulk and heading home is not the way to win." |
| But Prof Minford said: "We are regulated by Europe and our labour market, our industry and our economy is warped by the European protectionist cocoon." |