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Sir David Davis writes in the Daily Mail supporting Dominic Raab as the next Conservative Leader
As published in The Daily Mail: The local elections expose the problems the Conservative Party faces but there are no easy answers or simple solutions. We face two stark challenges. Firstly, the Conservatives must deliver on Brexit as a matter of democratic necessity. We must respect our manifesto promises, alongside the votes of 17.4million people […]
Sir David Davis writes in The Telegraph on the need to change direction in Brexit negotiations
As published in The Telegraph: On Friday I flew to Berlin to speak about Brexit to a number of politicians and ministers in the German government. The aircraft was an hour late, air traffic control disrupted by fog, in what seemed like an apt metaphor for the Brexit negotiations, running late in a fog of […]
Sir David Davis writes for The Sun on the danger of not fully delivering the Brexit that people voted for
As published in The Sun: The Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement has been voted down three times. It’s had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra. Even now we are told that it is not dead yet. There is speculation there may well be a showdown next week between the PM’s deal and an insistence that the UK […]
Sir David Davis writes for BrexitCentral on why the PM is right to rule out enacting any outcome that fails to deliver on Brexit
As published on BrexitCentral: On Monday, the Prime Minister said “no government could give a blank cheque to commit to an outcome without knowing what it is, so I cannot commit the Government to delivering the outcome of any votes held by the House, but I do commit to engaging constructively with the process.” She […]
Sir David Davis writes for The Telegraph on how the Norway Plus option fails to deliver on Brexit
As published in The Telegraph: After a famous victory for Norway over England in 1981, Bjørge Lillelien, the Norwegian football commentator, exclaimed: “Lord Nelson! Lord Beaverbrook! Sir Winston Churchill! Sir Anthony Eden! Clement Attlee! Henry Cooper! Lady Diana! Maggie Thatcher – can you hear me, Maggie Thatcher? Your boys took one hell of a beating!” […]