New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known.

Liam Fox

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We are not leaving the EU, we are rejoining the rest of the world... by Liam Fox

We are not leaving the EU, we are rejoining the rest of the world.

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For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility... by Liam Fox

For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters.

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We must end the iniquitous multi-taxing of the same money. It is not right to tax people's incomes, then their savings on that income, to tax the movement of assets through capital gains tax, stamp duty and tax them again through inheritance tax if they have the audacity to die.

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I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend. Mr Speaker, I am sorry for this. I have apologised to the Prime Minister, to the public, and, at the first opportunity available, to the House.

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The era of nuclear terrorism has arrived. by Liam Fox

The era of nuclear terrorism has arrived.

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I think it's much harder for anybody who voted Remain to have credibility amongst the voters who voted to leave in terms of leading the country. It's not impossible, but it's much harder.

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I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.

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Ed Balls is like a drunk trying to drink his way out of alcoholis... by Liam Fox

Ed Balls is like a drunk trying to drink his way out of alcoholism.

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I felt it was vital to stress the importance of national security in this debate and the need for a clear path to our exit from the European Union. I hope I have achieved both these objectives.

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I'm a very good friend of Stephen Crabb, I had great fun campaigning with Boris Johnson on the winning side, I have great experience working with Theresa May in government on national security. I respect all of them and I hope that's very much the tone.

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People realise that his promise [Tony Blair's] to 'save the NHS'... by Liam Fox

People realise that his promise [Tony Blair's] to 'save the NHS' was just talk.

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You either believe in Europe at any price: in other words we have to be in Europe at any price because you can't survive without it, or you don't. If you don't it tends to suggest there is a price which you are not willing to pay.

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But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.

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We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.

broken-heart country people

It's not a problem with the ambassador. This a problem with the ethics of the individual who carried out this particular leak.

I will be apologizing for the fact that either our civil service or elements of our political class have not lived up to the expectations that either we have or the United States has about their behavior, which in this particular case has lapsed in a most extraordinary and unacceptable way, malicious leaks of this nature are unprofessional, unethical and unpatriotic and can actually lead to a damage to that relationship which can therefore affect our wider security interest.

I think it's always easier to just give an explanation, but the key thing then is how you get on to the issues; what we can't have is it being a distraction from explanations about wider polices and where we go to and when.

It's important that we take climate issues seriously, whether or not individuals accept the current scientific consensus on the causes of climate change, it is sensible for everyone to use finite resources in a responsible way.

We are looking to see what impact there may be from any diversion and whether we need to introduce safeguards to protect UK steel producers, the earliest time that is likely to happen would be early to mid-July. We are already seeing some movements that I think may justify that.

It is quite clear that the public rejected the concept of free movement, and that the price of including such free movement as part of a trade deal would be regarded as a betrayal by the British people.