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HARDtalk: Jim Ratcliffe

'Sense of humour' needed in Brexit talks

06/12/2016 GMT

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Stephen Sackur talks to Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire founder and chairman of Ineos.

Stephen Sackur talks to Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire founder and chairman of Ineos. Fracking may suit his business, but will it really help Brexit Britain prosper?

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur talks to Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire founder and chairman of Ineos. What will the British economy look like post Brexit? It is a matter of guesswork, since the terms have yet to be worked out. But already there are calls for a post Brexit revival of Britain's industrial base. Ratcliffe's Ineos is one of the top ten petrochemicals companies in the world and a passionate advocate of shale gas as a game-changing catalyst of economic growth. Fracking may suit his business, but will it really help Brexit Britain prosper?

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