Anna Soubry Quotes

Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our country, our economy, our society and our standing in the world - damage that will be worsened by the kind of ruinous no deal being pledged by some who aspire to become prime minister.

If we leave the European Union, there will be an immediate economic shock that will hit financial markets. People will not know what the future looks like.

I don't think anybody has any idea what the economic impact of Brexit will be.

Don't belittle the hurt that has been caused by the job-destroying machine that is the European Union.

If we leave the European Union it's a risk to our economy - it's a risk to pensioners, it's a risk to homeowners, it's a risk to people in work.

Certainly, I know from my own work at the Department of Transport the potential chaos that will follow a 'no deal' Brexit. It will cause disruption, delay and deep damage to our economy.

We don't see any material impact of Brexit, either in the U.K. or in the neighbouring countries and the U.K.'s trading partners.

Whatever long-term advantages are claimed for Brexit it is overwhelmingly clear that in the short to medium term it carries risks to our economy and security.

A no deal Brexit is a proposal so damaging to our future that it cannot be accepted.

The Bank of England's Carney is worried the shock of Britain's vote to leave the E.U. could cause households and businesses to temporarily halt spending, which could stop the economy and even spur a recession.

We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'

Let nobody be fooled, the next two quarters are not going to be easy either in terms of growth or employment.

Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.

First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the 27-country euro zone. But if there were no action, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union.

In the 40 years I've been working as an economist and investor, I have never seen such a disconnect between the asset market and the economic reality... Asset markets are in the sky, and the economy of the ordinary people is in the dumps, where their real incomes adjusted for inflation are going down and asset markets are going up.

Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.

Our employers today face numerous challenges and stiff competition from businesses all over the world.

Shops are not a growing business, so it's a scary place to be.

The fear of being laid off next payday did as much damage as real unemployment.

France and Germany have to send a strong signal to the Commission that we need to negotiate a pragmatic and sensible outcome that protects jobs on both sides of the Channel because, for every job lost in the U.K., there will be jobs lost in Europe as well if Brexit goes wrong.

Experience shows that a recession is never the result of just a few large industries dragging the economy down while the others continue to expand.

Uncertainty of any sort results in volatility, and Brexit will be no exception.

Those who claim that to leave the E.U. would damage the City are the very same as those who in the past confidently predicted, with a classic failure of understanding, that the City would be gravely damaged if the U.K. failed to adopt the euro as its currency.

Brexit was the first brick that was knocked out of the establishment wall.

As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take - not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.