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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.
  
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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.
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Its slogan is 'the campaign for a clean Brexit'. Among its supporters are [[Nigel Lawson]], Conservative peer and founder of the climate sceptic [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]], 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 the 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]].
  
 
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*[[David Jones]] MP
 
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*[[Simon Heffer]], ex-[[Daily Telegraph]] journalist; since 2015 commentator in the [[Sunday Telegraph]].
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*[[David Campbell Bannerman]] MEP
  
 
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Listed supporters of Leave Means Leave (as of Nov 2017):
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Listed supporters of Leave Means Leave (as of Nov 2017) are mainly Euroskeptic [[Conservative Party]] MPs, including those pushed out of government by the prime minister :<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/18/tory-eurosceptics-push-for-hard-brexit-eu-single-market Tory Eurosceptics push for hard Brexit], Guardian, Sept 2016</ref>
 
*[[John Whittingdale]] MP
 
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*[[Jim Shannon]] MP
 
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*[[John Mills]], founder of consumer goods giant [[JML]], Labour donor and chair of the pro-Brexit campaign organization [[Labour Leave]].
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*[[Christopher Mills]], UKIP business spokesman
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*[[Angus Dalgliesh]]
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*[[Angus Dalgliesh]], represents Brexit lobby group [[Scientists for Britain]]
 
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*[[Nigel Evans]] MP
 
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*[[James Cleverly]] MP
 
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 14 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 Nigel Lawson, Conservative peer and founder of the climate sceptic Global Warming Policy Foundation, 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 the 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) are mainly Euroskeptic Conservative Party MPs, including those pushed out of government by the prime minister :[2]

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
  2. ↑ Tory Eurosceptics push for hard Brexit, Guardian, Sept 2016
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