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Diane Abbott

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2018-11-23

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1. “Well, I have to say I've been in Parliament for 30 years and I was here for the assassination, if you like, of Margaret Thatcher when the House was in turmoil. I was here doing the major years when the House was in turmoil. I've never seen anything like this. And there is a tiny bit of me which thinks this might all end in a general. It's just not clear how that could happen, but you can't escape thinking about that.”

   2018-11-23 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Diane Abbott One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “And I've been testing the water. We've been talking to other political parties as well, obviously, and we're talking to various people across the House. And I think there's a vast majority that says there's no prospect of a no deal. We won't allow it to happen. We're not going to allow this economy to claw off the cliff edge. We're talking about finalising a deal. We're not talking about starting from scratch. We're talking about finalising a deal. That's the first. And the second thing is, you know, someone's got to bring this country back together again. We think we can do it. And compromises have got to be made. And, you know, our European partners know that as well.”

   2018-11-23 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Diane Abbott One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

3. “represents the worst of all worlds. No say over the rules that will continue to apply and no certainty of the future. There is no change to the withdrawal agreement, no unilateral pullout mechanism, no concessions on the backstop which would create a new regulatory border down the Irish Sea.”

   2018-11-23 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Diane Abbott One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source