Quotes About Brexit

I don't think one moment that we should sink to the levels of the Brexiters - the dodgy money, the electoral lawbreaking and the lying - but I do wonder if those of us who remain deeply concerned about the consequences of Brexit are really landing all the blows that we can.

Ensuring we have the best possible Brexit deal will take time, effort and huge diplomatic skill.

What's important is that we do this in the right timescale to get the right deal for the U.K. We shouldn't invoke Article 50 immediately.

The first job of the Brexit Party is to make sure Brexit's delivered and if that involves electoral pacts, that might happen.

We have seen at first hand that upholding the Good Friday Agreement while also avoiding a hard border in Ireland is the key to unblocking the Brexit logjam.

For me, no one aspect of the Brexit debate displays so markedly the monomania of many Brexiteers as does the Irish question.

There are big issues facing this country. Not just Brexit... but counter-terrorism, improving the world of work, the issue of social care.

Italy is working to make sure the Brexit shock is an opportunity for a European reawakening.

Brexit is a disaster, Italy won't be real about its debt, and the European Union is in trouble.

We are lucky to have a free press. But in some parts of it, you have to search hard to find items concerning any negative aspects to Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn is a Brexiteer. This guy has always wanted us to leave the E.U.

Do we look horrendous when people don't work together? Oh, God, yes. If the leave campaign is not prepared to show that it's big enough and ugly enough to put aside party differences in the interests of this great cause, then it has a great problem.

Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that's a great thing.

Nothing of substance is being achieved or even proposed, while the country remains trapped in the Kafka-esque misery that Brexit has become.

As a past attorney general I consider a WTO Brexit to be a disaster for us as, leaving aside the economic damage it will cause, it would trash our reputation for observing our international obligations - as it must lead to our breaching the Good Friday Agreement with Ireland on the Irish border.

One of the most depressing aspects of the whole Brexit debate has been the rush to instant judgment about the motives of MPs and others and the readiness to accuse others of treachery or betrayal.

As chair of the Treasury Select Committee I hear time and time again just how important E.U. citizens are to the financial services sector. It is also apparent just how critical they are for our NHS too.

If the U.K. wants a commercial access treaty to the European market, the British must contribute to the European budget like the Norwegians and the Swiss do. If London doesn't want that, then it must be a total exit.

The problem with article 50 of the Lisbon treaty is that it is not substantive in its content or conditions, and only concerns itself with procedural requirements.

I have another explanation [of Brexit]: In its 43 years of EU membership, Britain has never been able to decide whether it wants to fully or only partially belong to the EU.

I confess that when I hear Boris Johnson's slogan let's get Brexit done it sends a chill. Because it's let's get Brexit done so we can focus on the important domestic issues.

A Brexit that works for Britain needs to work for small businesses and must ensure that our future trade deals don't just work for big business.

I know what we need to get done to leave the E.U. in a smooth fashion - and I also know that we do not need is a lengthy extension.

To deliver a smooth, orderly Brexit, we must build a majority for a deal.