Keir Starmer Quotes

The Single Market and Customs Union is not a true 'free' market. It is designed to suit the E.U. insiders, not the U.K.

The EU has made it very clear that for frictionless trade and no tariffs on goods there is a mechanism for achieving that, but there are consequences. There are trade-offs that will have to happen.

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

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.

There is no access to the market without budgetary contributions... and without respect for the four freedoms of the E.U.

Free access to the single market will be granted to a country which accepts the four fundamental freedoms of movement of people, goods, services, and capital.

Theresa May has made a decision that we want our economic future to remain close to Europe: it's the biggest single market in the world; it's right on our doorstep.

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 most difficult part of Brexit will be to figure out the trade regime between the U.K. and the rest of the E.U. because the level of trade integration between the members of the E.U. is the deepest in the world and integrates regulations that govern how products and services are produced and sold within the E.U.

Turkey has a customs union with the E.U. - it still means there are checks on the border between Turkey and the E.U.

If Britain doesn't stay in the Single Market or Customs Union, we are very much in favor of a free trade agreement between the U.K. and Europe. We don't want Britain to be punished for its decision to leave, and it is not in our interests for Britain to be punished because we may be the ones who lose out as much if not more than them.

Full access to the single market is what businesses and trade unions want.

There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market.

You don't need to be within the single market to trade; it's not an issue.

There is a perfectly good alternative to the European Union - it is called the European Free Trade Association, founded in 1960. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are members. E.F.T.A. stands for friendship and cooperation through free trade.

I believed and hoped that we would be able to secure a deal with Europe which would enable us to amend free movement.

If you wish to have free access to the single market, then you have to accept the fundamental rights as well as obligation that come from it.

I strongly suspect that there would be a positive economic advantage to the U.K. in leaving the single market.

We would only need a bespoke solution for Northern Ireland if Britain leaves the Single Market.

Anything that keeps the U.K. close to the E.U. and best of all, in the E.U., would make me personally very happy.

No one voted for a Brexit that will tie us to the E.U.'s customs rules and prevent us striking meaningful trade deals of our own.

It will be crucial the E.U. and the U.K. maintain the closest economic relationship possible.

We should advocate that the North should stay in the customs union and the single market and that any customs checks should be in the ports and airports, not on land borders.

Leaving the E.U. with no trade deal is the worst possible option. It will condemn British exporters to the full range of tariffs and barriers that apply under WTO rules.

A free trade agreement can be a win-win for E.U. and India.