Priti Patel Quotes

We did it! Britain is no longer a member of the European Union. By 'we' I mean the 17.4 million Britons who voted Leave, Nigel Farage who fought for the cause for 25 years, Brexit Party MEPs, Tory Party members who were brave enough to desert their party in droves at the Euro-elections and, of course, the Daily Express.

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.

The vote in the United Kingdom in favor of leaving the E.U. attested to the loss of elite influence.

Would I have voted to leave the European Union? Yes, I would. My theory there is that Britain was fed up having won two World Wars against the Germans and had reached the boiling and breaking point of being told where to live and what to do by a bunch of bureaucrats in Belgium. It was out of that frustration that the vote to leave was made.

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.

If there is a 'Leave' vote in England and across the U.K. as a whole, then we see the reins of power being seized by politicians who are on the right of the Conservative party.

Once upon a time - in the days of Margaret Thatcher and John Major - I would have rejoiced in a Conservative Party landslide in Britain. But now, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's victory fills me with fear and foreboding.

The E.U. referendum was promised by a Conservative Prime Minister fearful of losing votes and of mass defections to UKIP.

I believe in Britain and regardless of whether people voted to Leave or Remain, millions of people voting in record numbers showed they do too.

I am a passionate, pragmatic, and positive believer in Brexit, and with my three-step plan, we can decisively leave the E.U.

Boris Johnson's experience in life is telling a lot of porkies about the European Union in Brussels and then becoming prime minister.

What happened with Brexit was people taking back control.

David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.

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

Fuck the EU!

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of 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.

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

Under Conservative, Labour, and coalition governments, the U.K. was never willing to accept all the moves to union or all the requirements of the E.U.

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.

There must be no attempts to remain inside the E.U., no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum.

The United Kingdom has committed the heresy of breaking the chains of the E.U. This is a signal victory for democracy. It is a slap in the face to the European system which was increasingly based on fear, blackmail, and lies.

I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U.

Frexit will be a part of my policy.

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