Speaking at a heated Euronews debate in London on Tuesday, Ms Johnson claimed it was no "coincidence" so many companies were leaving the UK in favour of setting up their businesses in other European capitals weeks before the official Brexit date. She said: “It does seem to me an odd coincidence that so many companies seem to be leaving the UK at a time when we are leaving the EU. Related articles 'Spend the £39bn in BRITAIN!' Businessman proves no-deal BEST for UK Farage SLAMS Alastair Campbell over Brexit- 'START telling the TRUTH!' “It doesn’t seem to me any coincidence, really. “We have got ten thousand so far jobs that have been lost as a result of including Brexit.” But Leave Means Leave founder Richard Tice debunked the arch-Remainer's argument pointing out the UK's economy has grown faster than the major eurozone's countries in the last year. He said: “We’re employing more people in this country than we ever employed before. Brexit news: Richard Tice dismantles Rachel Johnson's claim companies are leaving the UK for Brexit (Image: EURONEWS) We’ve got wages growing faster than inflation thanks to Brexit Richard Tice “Contrary to what has been just said, the UK last year grew faster than Germany, France and Italy. “And our unemployment levels are about half the eurozone’s unemployment levels. “And we’ve got wages growing faster than inflation. “Thanks to Brexit.” It comes as Japanese car manufacturer Honda confirmed it will be shutting its Swindon factory in 2022 which is set to see the loss of 3,500 jobs. The Japanese car giant said the announcement has come as the company concentrates on electrified cars as the industry moves away from diesel vehicles, and not because of Brexit. The move is likely to affect more than 12,500 jobs in the supply chain of car production. The company said under the restructure, the current role of its UK manufacturing business as a global manufacturing hub is not viable. In a statement, they said: "The significant challenges of electrification will see Honda revise its global manufacturing operations, and focus activity in regions where it expects to have high production volumes." All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility