Quotes About Brexit

If the hard Brexit happens, I would assume that London wouldn't be the centre of the tech world in Europe.

Having spent six years as Europe Minister, I am in no doubt about the technical challenge Brexit presents lawmakers.

Most people are fed up to the back teeth with the never-ending wrangle over Brexit. All they want is for a competent government to get on with it and deliver a great deal for everyone in the U.K.

Many were surprised at the British vote to leave the European Union, but from a historical perspective there was nothing unusual about the English seeking distance from the continent.

The absolute low point for me in more than 30 years of professional life was the Brexit vote.

Given that the reality of Brexit has turned out to be so far from what was once promised, the democratic thing to do is to give the public the final say.

Those who argue for Brexit are wrong, and that is because they have not been properly informed about the costs.

Henry VIII Clauses allowing the Government to change almost any law of the land by statutory instrument, if needed, to implement Brexit must be properly restricted.

A no deal Brexit is a proposal so damaging to our future that it cannot be accepted.

If the U.K. had new watertight proposals for the border, I don't think anyone in the E.U. would say, 'We don't want to talk about it.'

Free to set our own laws, Brexit should act as a catalyst for a new era of prosperity for an outward-looking U.K. ambitious in removing barriers to trade, enterprise and economic growth.

As Britain prepares to leave the E.U., we need to become more efficient as an economy. We need everyone contributing to our collective prosperity, in every part of the country. We simply cannot afford to waste the potential of a generation because of mental ill-health.

I campaigned for Brexit because I have always believed that Britain would be stronger, more prosperous and secure outside of the E.U.

We shouldn't leave the E.U. until we have trade protection at least as good.

When Brexiters told the public that people were exaggerating, that there would be a financial meltdown, I think it's been proven that they were not exaggerating.

Most countries in the world are not in the E.U. I think Britain, the world's fifth largest economy, can cope with life outside.

The nature of the final Brexit deal really matters. It is, as I have said before, the battle of our times.

The E.U. without Britain is like fish without chips.

Labour are a danger to our security and our economy and are wholly incapable of negotiating the best Brexit deal for Britain.

For those who want out, Brexit remains an end in itself, regardless of what is in the interest of our society, in terms of prosperity, security and influence on the wider world stage.

If you want any hope of staying in the EU, or having a Brexit that doesn't mean capitulation to ethno-nationalism, you've got to tie it to a wider vision of political and economic transformation.

If the widespread attempts to block Brexit gave us a glimpse into how fragile our commitment to democracy had become - reduced to a technocratic in-name-only veneer - reactions to Covid are a stark reminder that freedom cannot be assumed as a social norm that's deeply embedded into our institutions and our psyche.

Brexit can tend to be a dialogue of the deaf.

Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.