Veteran MEP Bill Newton Dunn dubs Brexit ‘profound mistake’

Bill Newton Dunn, who served in the first European Parliament in 1979, said he was very worried for the UK.

The EU’s longest-serving MEP says he is very worried for “the man on the street” after Brexit if the UK is hit by job losses and price hikes.

Liberal Democrat Bill Newton Dunn, who served in the first European Parliament in 1979, said he feared ordinary people would be abandoned by the Tories.

Speaking to the PA news agency, he said: “I think the rich Tories will look after themselves – they’ve got the tax havens.

“But it is the man in the street in the UK who may lose his job or the prices might start rising if sterling falls, so I am worried.”