Just 28 choice quotes from Brexiteers to raise your blood pressure
15) “If we vote to leave then I think the union will be stronger.’ Michael Gove, May 2016
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 14, 2018
16) ‘Article 50 has to be invoked now so that we negotiate an exit from European Union,’ Jeremy Corbyn, Brexiteer fifth columnist in Remain camp, June 2016 day after the vote (h/t @RobSkilbeck)
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 14, 2018
‘The authority of EU law in this country has ended forever … We are not leaving only to return to the jurisdiction of the ECJ. That’s not going to happen’ Theresa May, October 2016
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 14, 2018
18) ‘Within 2 years, before negotiation with the EU is likely to be complete, & therefore before anything material has changed, we can negotiate a free trade area massively larger than the EU. The new trade agreements will come into force at point of exit.’ David Davis, July 2016
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 14, 2018
19) ‘I believe that we can get a free trade and customs agreement concluded before March 2019’. David Davis, January 2017
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 14, 2018
20) ‘The idea that we’ll do a transitional arrangement where you’re still in, paying money, still with free movement of people – that we’ll do the long-term deal in slow motion … That is plainly not what we’re after.’ David Davis, March 2016
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 14, 2018
21) ‘The Conservative party will ensure that we fulfil our duty in ensuring that stability, so that we can all, as one country go forward together.’ Theresa May, 2017
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 14, 2018
22) ‘Trade relations with the EU could be sorted out in ‘an afternoon over a cup of coffee,’ Gerard Batten, UKIP Brexit spokesman, February 2017
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 15, 2018
23) ‘It will be easy to negotiate a trade deal,’ Paul Nutall, UKIP leader, Jan 2017
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 15, 2018
24) Brexit ‘might even mean that there is less space for anger in our politics.’ Douglas Carswell, UKIP MP, March 2017
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 15, 2018
25) ‘I am confident that Theresa May and her team can deliver an arrangement that suits both the UK and the members of the EU.’ Iain Duncan Smith, March 2017
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 15, 2018
26) ‘There are good grounds for a new government team to offer the public a voice on what the deal looks like. And we obviously wouldn’t oppose that… I think there’s a strong democratic case for it.’ Dominic Cummings, Vote Leave campaign director, Jan 2016
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 15, 2018
27) ‘If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy”. David Davis, 2012, discussing the EU
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 15, 2018
28) ‘While parents worried about childcare, getting the kids to school, balancing work and family life – we were banging on about Europe.’ David Cameron, 2006
— Ian Birrell (@ianbirrell) November 15, 2018