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The Brexit supporting inventor hailed Britain’s opportunities outside the European Union as he tore into the bloc. Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show, the founder of the Dyson company explained the positives of leaving the EU. He said: “There is fantastic opportunity outside Europe, there is an opportunity within in Europe, but Europe is the slowest growing area in the world, all the other areas are much faster growing. “I think 90 per cent of future growth will come from outside the EU.

BBC Brexit news: Sir James Dyson said Europe is the slowest growing area in the world

“That is true with Dyson, 86 per cent of our growth last year was outside the EU. “But we have already fallen off the cliff as a company because we pay the WTO tariff coming into Europe, so we fell off the cliff some time ago, as the Bank of England keeps saying. “Yet, we are one of the fastest growing companies in Europe. It hasn’t held us back at all.” Sir James also criticised the European Union for the way they have managed talks with Britain and called for the UK to walk away without a deal. “I would walk away, I think that is the only way to deal with them,” he said.

Europe is the slowest growing area in the world, all the other areas are much faster growing Sir James Dyson

“I have been dealing with the EU and the EU countries for the last 25 years, on IEC standards and energy labels and all that kind of thing, there’s no way to deal with them, you have to walk away. “If you walk away they’ll come to us because they want to export all their products to us. They will come back to us. “We are in a very very strong position, incredibly strong position. We shouldn’t give them any money, we should just walk away and they will come to us.” The comments come after the sixth round of Brexit talks concluded on Friday with Michel Barnier suggesting talks could drag on into the next year if the bloc's demands were not met.

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