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“We do not agree that hindsight is required.”
“We do not agree that hindsight is required.”
“I’m very sorry that I’m not progressing further in this contest. I do not, however, regret entering it.”
“We need to recognise that there is only one candidate in a position to unite our party.”
“…with Michael as Prime Minister we’d go to war with at least three countries at once…”
He says he’s got his country back…and now he wants his life back.
“Because of our decision on June 23rd, we are no longer bound to that EU model – we will have our freedom back.”
“We risk splitting the Party.”
“I think it is preferable to be a Brexiteer rather than a Remainer.”
“If my sole ambition was place and position I would have declared my candidacy last week”
The next Tory leader “has to be someone who believes in the opportunity of leaving the EU”.
The status of EU migrants living in the UK is something she would “factor that into the negotiations”.
“I have to say I never thought I’d be in this position. I did not want it – indeed I did almost everything I could not to be a candidate for the leadership of this party.”
The Climate Change Minister and Vote Leave campaigner declares, and says: “Our country can be so much better in the world.”
“If anyone wants to get me to sign a piece of parchment in my own blood saying I don’t want to be Prime Minister – if that’s what it takes – I’m perfectly happy to do that.”
“The next Prime Minister of this country… Having consulted colleagues, and in view of the circumstances in Parliament, I have concluded that person cannot be me.”