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'''Leave Means Leave''' is a lobby group set up in the wake of the EU referendum to campaign for a 'hard' Brexit, including leaving the European single market and ending free movement.
 
'''Leave Means Leave''' is a lobby group set up in the wake of the EU referendum to campaign for a 'hard' Brexit, including leaving the European single market and ending free movement.
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Its slogan is 'the campaign for a clean Brexit'. Among its supporters are Conservative peer [[Nigel Lawson]], and Tory MPs [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] and [[John Redwood]].
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Leave Means Leave and its ilk have been described as 'the British equivalent of America’s [[National Rifle Association]]': they are well funded; deeply entrenched in their respective countries’ establishments; and wield enormous influence, despite their views being minority ones; and both view anything that smacks of compromise as the thin end of the wedge.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-leave-means-leave-a8008736.html Hardline Brexiteers are the UK’S NRA – and we can’t let them take control of the country], Independent, 19 Oct 2017</ref>
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==Activities==
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Spokespeople for Leave Means Leave are regularly quoted in teh British press.
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It also produced a report in September 2017 ''New Model Economy For A Post-Brexit Britain'', co-published with [[Labour Leave]] and [[Economists for Free Trade]].
  
 
==People==
 
==People==

Revision as of 13:25, 13 November 2017

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Leave Means Leave is a lobby group set up in the wake of the EU referendum to campaign for a 'hard' Brexit, including leaving the European single market and ending free movement.

Its slogan is 'the campaign for a clean Brexit'. Among its supporters are Conservative peer Nigel Lawson, and Tory MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg and John Redwood.

Leave Means Leave and its ilk have been described as 'the British equivalent of America’s National Rifle Association': they are well funded; deeply entrenched in their respective countries’ establishments; and wield enormous influence, despite their views being minority ones; and both view anything that smacks of compromise as the thin end of the wedge.[1]

Activities

Spokespeople for Leave Means Leave are regularly quoted in teh British press.

It also produced a report in September 2017 New Model Economy For A Post-Brexit Britain, co-published with Labour Leave and Economists for Free Trade.

People

Political advisory board

Supporters

Listed supporters of Leave Means Leave (as of Nov 2017):

Contact

Notes

  1. ↑ Hardline Brexiteers are the UK’S NRA – and we can’t let them take control of the country, Independent, 19 Oct 2017
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