"What people in the Leave campaign are saying is 'We can have our cake and eat it'. We can't."

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“If we didn't have quotas there would be overfishing and we would have no fish left.”

“I would rather be at the table making decisions with other countries than walking away and not having a say.”

“Is there anything more sexist than claiming your gender determines your worldview/behaviour/attitude?”

“The fact is it is a simple bill on whether we trigger Article 50. The British people have voted for that and was clear in the referendum. The House of Lords now needs to get on with it. I fully expect the House of Lords will recognise the will of the people and the House of Commons.”

“EU membership brings economic security, peace and stability”

“Not leaving the EU on 31 October would be a disaster”

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