David Davis

Be in no doubt: under the government's proposal our fingers would still be caught in this mangle and the EU would use it ruthlessly to punish us for leaving and handicap our future competitiveness.

It seems to me we are giving too much away, too easily, and that is a dangerous strategy at this time.

The general direction of policy will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one.

Whatever we do, we're not going to reverse that, a meaningful vote is not the ability to reverse the decision of the referendum.

Last June, the people of The UK made the historic decision to leave the EU. Next Wednesday, the government will deliver on that decision and formally start the process by triggering Article 50, we are on the threshold of the most important negotiation for this country for a generation.

The aim is to get a good outcome and I'm confident I'll get a good outcome, one of the reasons we don't talk about the contingency plan too much is we don't want people to think this is what we are trying to do.

This is an opportunity to renew our strong relationships with Commonwealth and Anglosphere countries, these parts of the world are growing faster than Europe. We share history, culture and language. We even share similar legal systems. The usual barriers to trade are largely absent.

We're excited and incredibly grateful to the individual who made... by David Davis

We're excited and incredibly grateful to the individual who made such a generous and kind donation.

If somebody plans to carry out a series of murders... then this is obviously an evil and pre-meditated attack and in that case, there could be a deterrent effect.

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The constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.

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Morale is at the lowest point since I've been here. by David Davis

Morale is at the lowest point since I've been here.

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I haven't done years of diversity training, so sometimes I say things which are probably tactless, and I don't mean to, to be honest, I don't mean to do that.

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I make no bones about it, I'm a product of my upbringing and of the time I was brought up, so I'm not going to pretend not to be.

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