Nicholas Soames Quotes

You know, Theresa May, she's doing the best she can with not a great hand, a little bit like Chase Carey really.

With Boris Johnson leading the Conservative Party and as Prime Minister, the United Kingdom, at long last, will have a Prime Minister who believes in Britain and is in tune with the views of the millions of people who voted - over three years ago now - to leave the E.U.

Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Tony Blair is an extremely popular figure in North America. His memoir is refreshing, both for its candour and vivid portrayal of political life.

When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels.

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years.

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.

You'd make a great Secretary of State because State Department personnel don't answer questions completely either.

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Fuck the EU!

Brexit will be good for the U.K.

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.

Would I have voted to leave the European Union? Yes, I would. My theory there is that Britain was fed up having won two World Wars against the Germans and had reached the boiling and breaking point of being told where to live and what to do by a bunch of bureaucrats in Belgium. It was out of that frustration that the vote to leave was made.

Merkel is an amazing woman, very experienced in international politics.

We did it! Britain is no longer a member of the European Union. By 'we' I mean the 17.4 million Britons who voted Leave, Nigel Farage who fought for the cause for 25 years, Brexit Party MEPs, Tory Party members who were brave enough to desert their party in droves at the Euro-elections and, of course, the Daily Express.

If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.

Under Conservative, Labour, and coalition governments, the U.K. was never willing to accept all the moves to union or all the requirements of the E.U.

I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit.

Once upon a time - in the days of Margaret Thatcher and John Major - I would have rejoiced in a Conservative Party landslide in Britain. But now, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's victory fills me with fear and foreboding.

The negotiations on the future of the U.K. and the E.U. must be led... in the interest of our citizens.

Imagine what we could achieve if we had more Conservative MEPs in the European Parliament in terms of getting a better deal for Britain and negotiating fundamental reform and putting that in a referendum to the British people.

Brexit stops Britain from being Great Britain.

One thing we can be sure of is that Brexit will leave its mark on the E.U.