Certainly, I know from my own work at the Department of Transport the potential chaos that will follow a 'no deal' Brexit. It will cause disruption, delay and deep damage to our economy.
Free movement of people makes it easier for our universities to attract the best talent.
The Government has boxed itself in by trying to codge together this weird fake Brexit in the hope of committing people to somehow delivering on the referendum result.
As the Bank of England has noted, Brexit is a unique experiment in the reimposition of protectionist barriers to trade.
Suspension of disbelief is a necessary ingredient in all storytelling. So it has been with the government's narrative that it is delivering Brexit.
Leadership involves building an esprit de corps, the creation of a sense of purpose in pursuit of noble and clear objectives.
While we have agreed to pay the E.U. tens of billions of pounds in the Withdrawal Agreement, the Political Declaration that aimed to set out the principles for this future negotiation is a document deliberately vague to allow it to mean all things to all people.
Although I voted Remain, I have desperately wanted the Government, in which I have been proud to serve, to make a success of Brexit: to reunite our country, our party and, yes, my family too.
We are leaving the E.U. But we have no idea where we are going.
It's been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as a minister under three PMs.
The case for Brexit was made on rhetorical flourishes and promises and bluster. A lot of promises on which people voted have turned out to be undeliverable. It was a false prospectus.
Some Brexiteers are passionate defenders of the benefits of immigration. Others just can't wait to slam the doors shut.
You really don't throw a ministerial job away lightly.
I have a wonderful family. My father is a brilliant father, and my mother a brilliant person who had mental-health issues, but has been wonderfully creative throughout her life. They couldn't have been more supportive.
I grew up in Brussels.
What is so clearly in the national interest is everything the government is doing in its strong, one nation domestic policy agenda: more police on the streets, more doctors and nurses in our hospitals, a welcoming face to scientists and international students.
Brexit has divided the country. It has divided political parties. And it has divided families too.
When we were told Brexit meant taking back powers for Parliament, no one told my constituents this meant the French parliament and the German parliament, not our own.
There is no precedent of an advanced economy withdrawing from a trade agreement as deep and as complex as the European Union.
As the U.K.'s position as a global financial services hub weakens, our competitors will lose no time in attracting jobs in services from our shores.
