Ed Davey Quotes

[It is a concern as to what Trump] will do to our economy and our national security, given his record of starting trade wars, undermining Nato, and emboldening tyrants like Putin.

People want an end to this, and the only way you can stop Brexit in a democratic exercise like a general election is to say you would revoke.

There are more than a million British people living in Spain. There are hundreds of thousands of British people living in France. In fact there are tens of thousands of people living in almost every EU country and if we were to pull up the drawbridge on the English Channel, the truth is British people wouldn't be able to come and go because they'd take action against us.

This [ending EU migration rules] will hugely increase the damage cause by a no-deal Brexit

Since the Brexit negotiations begun there's a third emotion I've been feeling - embarrassment. Embarrassment at our country's leaders. Embarrassment for Great Britain.

Membership of a terrorist group is a serious crime, as is encouraging or supporting terrorism, but Shamima Begum should face justice for those crimes in the UK.

[Ending EU migration rules will] do nothing to reassure the hospitals that are already seeing record numbers of EU nurses leaving, or the companies struggling to recruit the staff they need

This is a good decision by the European Parliament [to reduce the number of permits traded] and is an important step forward for climate change policy

We need to become a political home to pro-EU liberal Tories and pro-EU liberal and social democrat Labour MPs and voters.

We've already seen in the Windrush scandal how the Conservatives' hostile environment checks can destroy the lives of people who have every right to be in the UK. The government's chaotic approach to Brexit risks a repeat of that scandal for EU citizens.

Europe has sent a clear and firm message to the world that ambitious climate action is needed now

With Brexit the very best deal they can get is worse than what we've got now.

To take police numbers in England and Wales to record lows when the terrorist threat to our country is rising is a dereliction of duty by the Conservatives.

This morning only five countries in Europe had climate targets post 2020, now 28 countries do. It's good for consumers because we can decarbonise at the lowest possible cost using a diverse mix of technologies. And it's good for business as it provides the certainty they have been calling for to unlock billions in low carbon investment.

[On the election of Donald Trump on 5 November] This is a dark, dark day for people around the globe. The world's largest economy and most powerful military will be led by a dangerous, destructive demagogue.