Chris Grayling Quotes

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Chris Grayling

Profession : Politician

Birth : April 1, 1962

If we have unlimited migration in perpetuity, the pressure that will put on the lives of those in and around London and the South-East, in terms of housing and pressure on public services, will be something that all of us come to understand, in my view, is simply not copable with.

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I'm not suggesting we suddenly become a jingoistic, closed-door society that erects barricades at Dover. That would not be in the interests of London. But we can't, in my view, go on for ever accepting an unlimited number of people.

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We cannot do anything that exposes the country to the risk of Jeremy Corbyn.

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You chastise children when they are bad, as my parents did me. I'm not opposed to smacking. It is to be used occasionally.

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I want prisons to be spartan, but humane, a place people don't have a particular desire to come back to.

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Are we really going to accept the situation where the government of Lithuania has more power over our trading relationship with the Commonwealth than our government does? That is the reality of the customs union.

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I do not believe that as a country we are completely ill-prepared for no-deal Brexit. It is not the optimal solution it is not the best outcome for Britain, we will do much better than people expect.

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We cannot afford to let Brexit slip away - the political price, the reputational damage to the country is too great.

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Turkey has a customs union with the E.U. - it still means there are checks on the border between Turkey and the E.U.

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I'm a lightning rod for the anti-Brexit brigade.

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I'm not afraid of making big and sometimes unpopular calls if they're the right thing to do.

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You can't be allowed to take away the rights of others, and then use your own rights to avoid facing the consequences.

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We need a proper balance between rights and responsibilities in our laws.

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We need to curtail the role of the European Court of Human Rights in the U.K.

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We are world leaders in open and transparent government.

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We remain fully committed to introducing a cap on social care costs.

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Some bailiffs were tacking on extra charges left, right and centre - a fee for every letter they sent, extra fees for visiting your house, for clamping your car, seizing it, towing it and selling it. It all stacked up and people in debt had no choice but to pay. We have put an end to this.

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No longer can a bailiff come crashing through someone's door in the dead of night. We have banned them from visiting between 9 P.M. and 6 A.M.

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We're ending the situation where any old thug can turn up and work as a bailiff.

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Back in the late 1980s I was programme editor of Channel Four's Business Daily. Day after day we broadcast the latest news, views and analysis for the City in a period when its visibility was as high as it has ever been.

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