Sadiq Kahn Quotes

What's important is that we do this in the right timescale to get the right deal for the U.K. We shouldn't invoke Article 50 immediately.

A U.K. vote to exit the European Union could have significant economic repercussions.

However painful or regrettable Brexit may be, it will not stop the E.U. as it moves to the future; we need to move forward.

The whole Brexit saga is, in my view, one big, terrifying leap in the dark.

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.

Whether it is a hard or soft Brexit, there are opportunities here for us to be had.

There is no form of Brexit that will be good for our country but a no-deal Brexit will be the most catastrophic of them all.

I think one of the laughable things about poor old Brexit is that they're so cross - they're furious with everyone. But this isn't a cross country; this is a generous and optimistic country.

No one needs to fear our decision to leave the E.U. We will do so carefully, reassuring our European friends and those businesses who are worrying about change.

Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.

Leaving the E.U. would mean the 'Guernseyfication' of the U.K., which would then be a little country on the world scale. It would isolate itself and become a trading post and arbitration place at Europe's border.

People talk often of Brexit as the biggest challenge since the Second World War. It is certainly proving to be a lot more difficult and complicated than was promised by those who won the referendum campaign in 2016.

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

If you look at it ideologically, I would say Brexit is not something that probably is good for the world.

We cannot afford to let Brexit slip away - the political price, the reputational damage to the country is too great.

I went to bed on the night of Brexit, of that vote for leaving the E.U., and I said to everyone it will be a 70/30: nobody wants to leave the E.U. I woke up on the bus in Glastonbury, and everybody had their heads in their hands. They could not believe it. I could not believe it.

Some in favour of Brexit are so fixated on leaving the E.U., they keep arguing that any attempt to change it is some form of sabotage.

Brexit is not only not just about left and right. Brexit is about expertise.

I do not believe that as a country we are completely ill-prepared for no-deal Brexit. It is not the optimal solution it is not the best outcome for Britain, we will do much better than people expect.

So much of the agenda behind Brexit has been murky.

There are also parties in Germany that support leaving the E.U. Everyone can see in the example of Britain what consequences that would have.

Every day we let this Brexit mess go on means less money being invested in the UK, fewer jobs being created and less tax revenue to pay for our public services.

We are leaving the E.U. But we have no idea where we are going.

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

I don't think the British people really knew the ramifications of what would happen after Brexit or not.