Responding to the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee report ‘Brexit: Judicial Oversight of the European Arrest Warrant’, Rt Hon David Jones MP, Former Brexit Minister and Board Member of Leave Means Leave said: “The European Arrest Warrant is of value not only to the UK, but also to the continuing European Union. Indeed, the British contribution to the […]
View Details »Responding to Tony Blair’s call for Britain to remain in the EU, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave said: “Tony Blair’s latest comments demonstrate how out of touch he is with British voters. “His own polling shows that well over half of the British public believe ‘Brexit means Brexit’ and that Britain […]
View Details »Responding to reports that Britain will continue to pay money to Brussels after Brexit and reports that MPs are plotting for Britain to remain in the EEA, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave said: “After Britain leaves the EU, it should only contribute money towards the funding of specific programmes which we continue […]
View Details »Responding to Michel Barnier’s speech on Brexit, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave said: “If Michel Barnier continues to make unreasonable financial demands, Britain should walk away from the negotiations and revert to WTO rules, which are fine as a base case scenario. The EU is petrified of us doing this, as they […]
View Details »Commenting on the CBI call for Britain to remain in the single market and the customs union after the Article 50 process ends, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave said: “The suggestion by the CBI of remaining in the single market and customs union indefinitely after leaving the EU is ill thought out […]
View Details »Former Brexit Minister joins Board of Leave Means Leave Announcing the appointment of former Brexit Minister Rt Hon David Jones MP as a Board Member of Leave Means Leave, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave, said: “I am delighted David has agreed to join the Board of Leave Means Leave. “David has […]
View Details »Responding to the Conservative Party manifesto launch, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave said: “Committing to reducing net migration to the tens of thousands is the right thing to do and is simply the average migration levels achieved in the 1990s, when our public services and businesses worked well and low skilled wages […]
View Details »Responding to the Liberal Democrat manifesto pledge for a second EU referendum, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave, commented: “We have had a fair, free and democratic referendum and Britain voted to leave the EU. “Polling shows that 68 per cent of British people are now in favour of Brexit, including 23 per […]
View Details »Responding to the CBI manifesto request to avoid ‘no deal’ in Britain’s negotiations with the EU, John Longworth, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave said: “For an organisation that claims to represent business, the CBI shows an extraordinary lack of basic negotiating skills. “The idea that Britain should go into these negotiations without being […]
View Details »Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments that EU politicians are making threats against Britain in order to influence the general election result, Richard Tice, Co-Chair of Leave Means Leave said: “The way that EU leaders and bureaucrats have behaved over the past week has been like a bully from Tom Brown’s schooldays”. “Threatening […]
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