Taavet Hinrikus If the U.K. leaves the E.U., we’ll have to consider whether it makes business sense to stay headquartered here. – Taavet Hinrikus
Taavet Hinrikus I was in my early 20s when Estonia joined the E.U. For a kid who’d grown up in the Soviet Union, it seemed like my country had come of age. For a country that had been isolated and cut off from the rest of the world, it seemed like we were becoming part of the global community. It opened a whole new world of possibility. – Taavet Hinrikus
Suella Braverman Thousands of E.U. law instruments have come onto the U.K. statute book – all without the democratic legitimacy our constitutional traditions expect. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman Under the European Communities Act 1972, the British people – through its Parliament – could not say ‘no’ to new E.U. rules. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman E.U. law was often the result of a messy compromise, brokered in back rooms. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman In legal terms, E.U. concepts of direct effect and the supremacy of E.U. law no longer form part of our law. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman Our membership of the E.U. muddied the waters of accountability, making it easy for U.K. elected politicians to pass the buck to Brussels, effectively denying the British people full democratic representation. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman With Britain’s departure from the E.U. and the new Trade and Co-operation Agreement we begin the next chapter in our story of democracy, marking a new sovereignty which, like our history, will lead to a fairer and more prosperous society. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman Economically, we can work towards a zero tariff deal with our E.U. friends and then enjoy the freedom to open up global markets for U.K. businesses and exporters. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman The optimist in me hopes for a peripeteia and a closing scene of a sovereign, global-facing, dynamic U.K. liberated from the trammels of E.U. institutions. I know this is possible and that Boris Johnson is the best man to direct such a grand finale. – Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman The majority of British people voted in good faith for the U.K. to leave the E.U. – Suella Braverman
Steve Hilton You know, putting power in people’s hands was the central idea of the conservative platform. And so, to me, the E.U. was the direct opposite of that, and totally inconsistent. – Steve Hilton
