Andrea Leadsom Quotes

I happen to belong to that group opinion which holds the break-up of the United Kingdom to be imminent.

People in Scotland want to have Scotland in the UK and the UK in the EU, and that's what the Liberal Democrats are arguing for.

We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.

Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.

As Scots, we certainly want change today, but the change the Nationalists offer is not the change we want or need.

I'm pro-union and utterly hope that Scotland stays within the United Kingdom.

Scottish nationalism has grown since we entered the European Union.

The E.U. referendum is a major watershed in U.K. history. It will be important for the future of the Conservative party. It will be even more important for the future of our country.

If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may be people in Scotland who think, 'You know what, we might be better off independent.'

I feel incredibly passionate about Scotland not becoming an independent country.

I'd love to tell you that everyone who voted Brexit felt like me about the country, about the Union Jack and the cricket team. But I don't think that there's as much romanticism in it, perhaps, as people think.

First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence.

Good Democrats love America. Good Republicans love America. We need a leader who understands not just the words of unity but the practice of building unity.

There wasn't a Scottish nationalist MP elected at any general election when we were outside the E.U.

Northern Ireland must, in future, be absorbed into the Irish republic. Wales and Scotland must advance from devolution to full independent status. The four nations of these islands must commit themselves absolutely to the project of a United Europe.

What happened with Brexit was people taking back control.

I think an appeal to American idealism and willingness to sacrifice would be an important contribution, because what is happening now in many countries, not yet in the United States, but in many European countries, it's the inability of government to ask for sacrifices of its people.

I'm going to try to unite all Americans.

The Tories seem unable to make any impact north of the border.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.

I love England. I live and work here. My children have grown up here. I see no conflict between this and praying that my countrymen in Scotland never have to live another day under Conservative rule from London.

The British Government

This is a withdrawal by Canadians of their consent to be governed.

I no longer know of political party, I only know Germans