Keir Starmer Quotes

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Keir Starmer

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 2, 1962

It will be increasingly difficult to keep Scotland as a part of the U.K. I hope that doesn't happen, but everyone knows David Cameron has put that at risk.

Keir Starmer

If you lose your job because there has been an influx of labour from another country, that is a legitimate cause for concern.

Keir Starmer

There are potentially many offences that journalists could commit in the course of their business. It would be very unhealthy if you had a situation where a journalist felt that they needed to go to their lawyer before they pursued any lead or asked any question.

Keir Starmer

I am well aware of different views across my own party and across parliament on pretty well all Brexit issues.

Keir Starmer

We need to remind ourselves that Europe will be our biggest trading partner for the next several decades and probably beyond, so getting the deal with Europe right should be our primary focus.

Keir Starmer

There is very, very little chance of bespoke transitional arrangements being negotiated at the same time as the rest of Article 50.

Keir Starmer

We need a transitional Brexit deal that provides maximum certainty and stability. Labour will deliver it.

Keir Starmer

Labour has repeatedly emphasised that in order to avoid a cliff edge for our economy there will need to be a time-limited transitional period between our exit from the E.U. and the new lasting relationship we build with our European partners.

Keir Starmer

By remaining inside a customs union and the single market in a transitional phase we would be certain that goods and services could continue to flow between the E.U. and the U.K. without tariffs, customs checks or additional red tape.

Keir Starmer

If you really probe, people are anxious about their job, anxious about their home, their children's future. Obviously it gets translated into things like immigration, but that is nothing new.

Keir Starmer

I don't subscribe to the view that people who are better off don't want to live in a more equal society.

Keir Starmer

We have to make the argument that the only economically sound place to be is within Europe - we have to remember, it's history again, that there are reasons we bound ourselves together as a set of European nations and it all came out of the second world war.

Keir Starmer

As we leave the E.U., freedom of movement falls away, because it's an E.U. rule... What we then have to say is, 'What then is on the blank piece of paper that is an immigration policy?'

Keir Starmer

We will vote down a blind Brexit. This isn't about frustrating the process. It's about stopping a destructive Tory Brexit. It's about fighting for our values and about fighting for our country.

Keir Starmer

Just when we need a strong government, what do we see? Division. Chaos. And failure. No credible plan for Brexit, no solution to prevent a hard border in Ireland and no majority in Parliament for the Chequers proposals.

Keir Starmer

If you find yourself in a position you would rather was not there, you have to make it work.

Keir Starmer

The Human Rights Act is a really important constitutional document, it isn't just a villain's charter.

Keir Starmer

We have to call out terrorism for what it is, and I have always done that, and the Labour Party has always done that.

Keir Starmer

Any talk of no deal is completely unacceptable. No deal means we can't reach any agreement about the border in Ireland and that is not a place we want to be.

Keir Starmer

A no deal Brexit would be a complete failure by the government to negotiate for Britain.

Keir Starmer