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Quotes About Brexit

We've seen with Brexit and other things that there's a dark impulse to be petulant and frustrated with complicated solutions.
~ Bill Pullman
Brexit is not going to solve the causes of Brexit.
~ Chuka Umunna
After 43 years of membership, exiting the E.U. was never going to be easy.
~ Keir Starmer
So, let me be very clear —right here, right now: If Theresa May brings back a deal that fails our tests - and that looks increasingly likely — Labour will vote against it. No ifs, no buts.
~ Keir Starmer
They did attempt to leave the European Union last year, but apparently that was prompted by demonic interference. A lot of politicians were subsequently tried for treason and beheaded at the Tower of London.
~ Genevieve Cogman
The United Kingdom?' 'Very strongly tied to Europe, which is why CENSOR has an English name and acronym. It did attempt to leave the European Union last year, but apparently that was prompted by demonic interference. A lot of politicians were subsequently tried for treason and beheaded at the Tower of London.
~ Genevieve Cogman
If I was prime minister, there would be absolutely zero risk that Brexit wouldn't happen.
~ Andrea Leadsom
Most British people are keen to remain in a European free trade zone; and most EU states are keen to keep us there, because we buy from them more than we sell to them to the tune of £40 million per day.
~ Daniel Hannan
London thrives because it is one of the most open cities in the world, but Brexit is shutting the door on talented people coming to live and work here - the people we need when we get sick, the ones we see on the Tube, our friends and neighbours. Even worse, it has made London a less tolerant place.
~ Gavin Esler
Brexit is turning out to be a really really bad meal. We ordered steak and chips and we've now got some raw chicken that smells bad.
~ Gavin Esler
Brexit is the people of Britain who are fed up with the European Union dominating their lives, and they want accountability.
~ Ted Cruz
The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.
~ Michael Gove
After Brexit, the E.U. will no longer legislate for us. All laws will be passed by the U.K. parliament and the devolved legislatures. Parliament will be truly sovereign, with the freedom to accept or reject any new rules.
~ David Lidington
Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.
~ Emmanuel Macron
If the court case I brought against the government over article 50 was about anything at all, it was about parliamentary sovereignty.
~ Gina Miller
Brexit was, at its heart, about democracy and sovereignty.
~ Steve Hilton
For me, the most ironic aspect of the Brexit debate has been right-wing Brexiteers speaking loftily about parliamentary sovereignty, when they have never backed MPs having a fuller involvement in how our country is run.
~ Ed Davey
I fought for MPs to have the right to vote on article 50 not because I was against Brexit, but because I was, and remain passionately, an advocate of parliamentary sovereignty.
~ Gina Miller
Journalists are currently in the most insecure profession you can find: the majority live hand to mouth, and ostracism by their friends would be terminal. Thus they become easily prone to manipulation by lobbyists, as we saw with GMOs, the Syrian wars, etc. You say something unpopular in that profession about Brexit, GMOs, or Putin, and you become history. This is the opposite of business where me-tooism is penalized.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Those who think in Britain they can push the Brexit button and not have a bill to pay are seriously mistaken.
~ Charles Michel
Brexit has acted as a catalyst encouraging more people to think and vote outside of traditional party loyalties.
~ Claire Fox
The more the UK feels distanced from European construction the less others are able to benefit from the full influence of the many good things that the UK can help us all to achieve, and therefore there are many areas where I think it would be beneficial to have the UK fully at the table.
~ Mario Monti
By stopping Brexit, investing in skills and providing tailored support to key industries, we can get the UK economy back on track and help the communities that have been hit hardest by the threat of Brexit.
~ Jo Swinson
A Canada-style deal for the whole of the UK results in a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. For that reason, it has never been acceptable to the EU without a permanent hard border down the Irish Sea.
~ David Gauke