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Jeremy Hunt Quotes

born 1966 England

Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer from October 2022 to the 2024 general election. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from July 2018, after Boris Johnson resigned from the post, but was replaced when Johnson replaced Theresa May as prime minister.

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I went to the [Rio de Janeiro] carnival three years in a row. ...
I found a married life, politics and Latin dancing are not compatible so I'm afraid I've left my dancing years behind me.

I will mitigate the impact of a no-deal Brexit on you and step in to help smooth those short-term difficulties. If we could do it for the bankers in the financial crisis, we can do it for our fisherman, farmers and small businesses now.

There is one very big difference between me and Boris, which is that I am foreign secretary and I have a very big job to do to try and get this deal over the line and that has to be my focus. I think that what matters is we have a cabinet that believes in Brexit.

[The EU must] ensure its sanctions against Russia are comprehensive and we truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the US

[I am] passionately committed to the [UK] Union

[I would accept a no-deal Brexit if] there is no prospect of a deal by 31 October

We look at the European Union and we worry about Britain's ability to compete in the global race... the Conservative Party says if we are going to be successful in that global race we need to renegotiate our relationship with Europe and give the British people a say.

It was always going to be uphill for us because I was someone who voted Remain and I think lots of party members felt that this was a moment when you just had to have someone who voted for Brexit in the referendum. In retrospect, that was a hurdle we were never able to overcome.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jeremy Hunt (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.