Keir Starmer

"The Labour Party has supported strong counter-terrorism legislation over the years and we have that commitment in our manifesto"

"We are absolutely clear we can not have a hard border we need to negotiate with our EU partners."

"When you say you will leave without a deal - do or die - what sort of message does that send to the people of Northern Ireland?"

"What I think is really important is that the government aims high. My worry is that the government has attached so much importance to immigration that it's not even going to try to get the best access…"

"There's a growing view, I think probably a majority view in Parliament now, that it's in our national interests and economic interests to stay in a customs union with the EU. We've got a huge manufact…"

"The referendum is clear and has to be accepted and we can't have a re-run of the question that was put to the country earlier this year. But, and it's a big but, there has to be democratic grip of the…"

"Remaining in a form of customs union after a transition post-Brexit phase remained a possible end destination for the Labour party."

"I wish the result had gone the other way. I campaigned passionately for that. But as democrats our party has to accept that result and it follows that the prime minister should not be blocked from sta…"