And while Martin goes around the country loudly advocating for a no-deal Brexit, he's also been replacing EU-sourced drinks in the 900 or so Wetherspoons pubs around the UK.

In Wetherspoon News' winter edition, for example, the magazine used columns from the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator, and the Financial Times, with accompanying pro-Brexit commentary from the tycoon himself.

For example, above the FT's October column from Philip Stephens about Boris Johnson, featured on page 83 of Wetherspoon News, there's a “Tim Says” commentary reading:

Tut, tut, Philip. Calling Boris a liar is a bit harsh. Like you, Boris is a successful writer. He was also, for eight years, a very successful editor of the famous Spectator magazine – not an easy gig in the Internet age. He was also twice elected mayor of London – not easy in a Labour city and he also led the successful Leave campaign in the election. In contrast, the Financial Times has participated in the surreptitious transfer of democratic power from the people of the UK to unelected apparatchiks in Brussels. Who is the most moral, Philip? A good question for a debate in the cerebral FT…


A Wetherspoons spokesperson confirmed to BuzzFeed News the magazine did not get permission from the publications or enter into a commercial agreement to reprint the columns.

Suffice to say those publications are not impressed. The Daily Telegraph said it's investigating the matter, while the Financial Times described the situation as copyright infringement.

"More than 400 clients around the world pay for the FT's global, independent journalism through syndication agreements," an FT spokesperson said. "Wetherspoon News isn't one of them and we take any cases of copyright infringement seriously."