I am sure the question of policy is important, but I am facing the practical reality. We are 43 days away from 29 March, and no credible alternative is in sight. Either we accept that or we do not. The Prime Minister keeps coming back and giving a non-update: “I’m meeting people”—she does not say she has agreed anything—“can I have another two weeks?” We have been going on like that for weeks, and it must stop.
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Proceeding contribution from
Keir Starmer
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on UK’s Withdrawal from the EU.
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