Nicholas Soames Quotes

As far as I am concerned this referendum should settle the matter. I believe it will one way or another be decisive. Britain will not want to go through this again. On the other hand if we vote to leave, this really is irreversible.

I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.

Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did.

The U.K. voted for Brexit and a lot of weak-willed, lily-livered people will say 'yeah but the people did not know what they were voting for, they had no idea of what this was going to entail.' Those are the people who are saying 'lets get a second referendum, let's make the people aware this time that there is, in fact, a lot more to this.'

As a strong believer that Brexit is a very damaging mistake that becomes more obvious every day, I see sound democratic reasons for asking the electorate to confirm what it wants to do.

The Brexit debate has been difficult and divisive.

I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit.

We've been slagging off the E.U. for decades, and now we've gone and voted to leave. And if anyone thinks they are going to offer us some great trade deal as we walk away, they are living in la la land.

If we have Brexit, we don't know what we will get.

I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U.

The U.K. decided to leave the E.U. - Brexit means Brexit.

The British people have decided to leave. It is a sad decision but one which I respect. The vote puts the European Union in difficulties. It must recognise its shortfalls.

Brexit stops Britain from being Great Britain.

Brexit is a self-inflicted wound; the people of this country hold the knife, and they don't have to use it if they don't want to. The people, not the hardline Brexiteers, are in charge.

A vote to leave would be a leap into the dark that would put our status as a science superpower at risk. That is why I will be joining Boris in making a positive case for Britain's future in a reformed E.U.

In 2016 the public voted by a majority to leave the E.U. As I can see from my mailbag, some are angry at being deprived of their hopes and expectations. They demand action to implement their vote, just as others require we should think again and abandon the project entirely.

Genuinely, as a mum, all the sunlit uplands are when we leave the European Union.

Brexit is a major concern for us, and it should be a major concern for all of us who live in the U.K. and operate out of the U.K.

The British people voted to leave the European Union - let's just leave.

I said a vote to leave would be a Brexit tax. I couldn't think of anything stronger than that.

I don't think Brexit is going to help people in Britain.

I'm obsessed with Brexit.

Brexit can tend to be a dialogue of the deaf.

I believe that Brexit, whether it's a bad deal or no deal, is a big deal - too big for anyone to ignore - but it's not a done deal.

I find it unspeakably sad that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union.