Key speeches, interviews, and op-eds

Below is a selection of speeches, interviews, and op-eds in reverse chronological order.

  • 16 June - Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Gisela Stuart - Letter to the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary - Getting the facts clear on Turkey,  (Vote Leave, link)
  • 15 June - Chris Grayling - A framework for taking back control and establishing a new UK-EU deal after 23 June,  (Vote Leave, link)
  • 14 June - Julian Brazier, James Duddridge, George Eustice, Michael Gove, Chris Grayling, Boris Johnson, Penny Mordaunt, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Iain Duncan Smith, Desmond Swayne, Theresa Villiers, John Whittingdale  - Leave Ministers commit to maintain EU funding,  (Vote Leave, link)
  • 8 June - Michael Gove and Dominic Raab - EU membership makes us less safe,  (Vote Leave, link)
  • 6 June - Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Gisela Stuart and John Longworth - the risks of voting to stay in the EU,  (Vote Leave, link)
  • 4 June - Michael Gove MP, Boris Johnson MP and Gisela Stuart MP - Letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Risks of Remain (Vote Leave, link)
  • 3 June - Statement by Michael Gove MP, Boris Johnson MP and Gisela Stuart MP on NHS funding - A stronger NHS and more money for those in need (Vote Leave, link)
  • 2 June - Speech by Liam Fox MP - ‘Memories of Green? The cost of uncontrolled migration’ (Vote Leave, link)
  • 1 June: Statement by Michael Gove MP, Boris Johnson MP, Priti Patel MP, and Gisela Stuart MP - Restoring public trust in immigration policy - a points-based non-discriminatory immigration system (Vote Leave, link)
  • 31 May - Statement by Michael Gove MP, Boris Johnson MP and Gisela Stuart - Vote Leave to cut VAT on fuel (Vote Leave, link)
  • 31 May: Chris Grayling MP speech - The risks of staying in the EU (Vote Leave, link)
  • 29 May: Public letter from Michael Gove MP, Boris Johnson MP and Gisela Stuart MP - PM challenged to set out the facts on EU immigration (Vote Leave, link)
  • 26 May: Boris Johnson MP statement on immigration statistics - The only way to take back control of immigration is to Vote Leave on 23 June (Vote Leave, link)
  • 18 May: Lord Howard speech - The lack of democracy in the EU is hurting business (CBI, link)
  • 17 May: Andrea Leadsom MP speech - The choice the UK now faces is to accept a largely unreformed EU, or choose the route of freedom and democracy (Vote Leave, link)
  • 16 May: Gisela Stuart interview in Guardian - Labour is ignoring its own voters over immigration (Guardian, 15 May 2016, link).
  • 16 May: Boris Johnson piece - a vote for the EU is a vote for the rich and powerful who make a fortune out of the system, a vote to leave is a vote for entrepreneurs and democracy (Telegraph, 15 May 2016, link).
  • 15 May: Priti Patel MP interviewed by Sun on Sunday - in which she likened David Cameron, Gordon Brown and John Major to the three wise monkeys — who “see no immigration, hear no immigration, speak no immigration” link
  • 10 May: Iain Duncan Smith MP speech at Vote Leave HQ: the EU is a force for social injustice (Vote Leave, 10 May 2016, link).
  • 10 May: Iain Duncan Smith MP interviewed by The Sun - Germany ‘had a de facto veto’ over Cameron’s deal, therefore no progress on welfare and immigration (The Sun, 10 May 2016, link).
  • 9 May: Boris Johnson MP made his first major speech (post-deal) on the EU at the Vote Leave HQ (Vote Leave, 9 May 2016, link). The Single Market has failed. The EU is undemocratic. Cameron’s deal is rubbish. Leaving is the best path to prosperity and democracy.
  • 9 May: Priti Patel MP on the ‘huge and unsustainable pressure’ put on our schools from European migration (Telegraph, 9 May 2016, link).
  • 8 May: Michael Gove MP interviewed on The Andrew Marr Show (available on BBC iPlayer until 7 June 2016: BBC, 8 May 2016, link; a lower quality version has been uploaded on Douglas Carswell MP’s YouTube Channel: YouTube, 9 May 2016, link).
  • 7 May: Michael Gove MP was interviewed by ‘The Telegraph’ on security and the European Court, in which he said that a Leave vote should be followed by immediate changes to the law to stop the European Court grabbing control of our intelligence service, armed forces, and deportations (Telegraph, 7 May 2016, link).
  • 30 April: Iain Duncan Smith MP interviewed by ‘The Sunday Telegraph’ (Sunday Telegraph, 30 April 2016, link).
  • 28 April: Priti MP speech - How Brussels red tape is constraining British businesses, and the economic opportunities of Brexit (ALMR Spring Conference, 28 April 2016, link)
  • 27 April: James Cleverly MP - how the Common Agricultural Policy harms Africa (Vote Leave, 27 April 2016, link).
  • 26 April: Gisela Stuart - Labour’s EU stance is alienating “swathes of traditional voters” (Prospect, 26 April 2016, link)
  • 25 April: Michael Gove MP op-ed in Times - A vote to remain is a ‘direct and serious threat to the NHS’ (The Times, 25 April 2016, link).
  • 24 April: Priti Patel MP, Sun on Sunday oped (Sun on Sunday, 24 April 2016, link).
  • 24 April: Iain Duncan Smith MP Sunday Times (Sunday Times, 24 April 2016, link).
  • 23 April: Iain Duncan Smith MP Daily Mail article (Daily Mail, 23 April 2016, link).
  • 22 April: Boris Johnson MP op-ed on Obama - why America would never allow a court like the European Court to overrule its own laws (The Sun, 22 April 2016, link).
  • 19 April: major speech by Michael Gove MP on the problems with the PM’s deal and what will happen after we vote leave (Vote Leave, 19 April 2016, link).
  • 19 April: Michael Gove MP on Today (Vote Leave, 19 April 2016, link).
  • 18 April: Priti Patel MP, School places (Daily Mail, 18 April 2016, link; Vote Leave, 18 April 2016, link).
  • 13 April: Gisela Stuart speech - the risks of staying in the EU (Vote Leave, 13 April, link)
  • 10 April: Priti Patel MP interview, Sunday Express (Sunday Express, 10 April 2016, link).
  • 6 April: David Owen MP - Brexit is necessary to protect NHS from TTIP, the proposed EU-USA deal that would give multinationals huge powers over UK public services (Guardian, 6 April 2016, link).
  • 26 March: Wetherspoon chief says staying in EU bad for small businesses (Guardian, 26 March 2016, link).
  • 23 March: Sir Richard Dearlove – ‘Brexit would not damage UK security’ (Prospect Magazine, 23 March 2016, link).
  • 12 March: Gisela Stuart - Backing Brexit does not make you a 'bad' person (Independent, 12 March 2016, link)
  • 1 March: Gisela Stuart - Brexit is the left-wing choice (Prospect, 1 March 2016, link)
  • 1 March: Norman Lamont op ed announcing he would Vote Leave. Full article not online, but we have the text (Telegraph, 1 March 2016, link).
  • 29 February: Maj. Gen. Julian Thompson, EU bad for security,  DT (Telegraph, 29 February 2016, link).
  • 25 February: Lord Howard op ed announcing he would Vote Leave (Telegraph, 25 February 2016, link).
  • 24 February: Lord Owen – 'EU has tested us to breaking point - it's time to leave' (The Sun, 24 February 2016, link).
  • 24 February: Michael Gove MP interview with Laura Kuenssberg (BBC News, 24 February 2016, link). Cameron’s deal is not legally binding, the European Court is in charge of which bits stand.
  • 23 February: George Eustice MP – Britain's farms would thrive outside of the EU (Telegraph, 23 February 2016, link).
  • 22 February: Boris Johnson MP wrote in the Telegraph setting out his case for why to Vote Leave (Telegraph, 16 March 2016, link).
  • 20 February: Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Justice, has written the following essay explaining why he is supporting Vote Leave (Vote Leave, 20 February 2016, link).
  • 17 February: Lord Lawson – ‘Britain outside the EU would stand tall as a free and prosperous nation’ (Telegraph, 17 February 2016, link).
  • 22 January: Interview with Dominic Cummings, Campaign Director [Economist transcript] (Vote Leave, 22 January 2016, link).
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