John Mills is an entrepreneur and economist who has long been involved with political matters. He was Chair of Labour Leave during the 2016 referendum campaign and he is founder of the think tank Labour Future. He is Chairman of John Mills Limited (JML) which specialises in selling high volume consumer products using audio-visual methods of promoting their sale. His main interests as an economist are the relatively poor performance of western economies compared with those in the East and the UK’s relationship with the EU.