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born 1952

Sir Michael Cathel Fallon KCB MP (born 14 May 1952) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 2014 to 2017 when he resigned over his inappropriate conduct. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992.

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My fear is that this deal gives us the worst of all worlds.

The public voted to leave the European Union. That means freedom of movement has to end.

Our security rests on Nato. No one seriously disputes that. Britain will never be part of an EU army.

This is not a good deal and we need a better deal

We agree that Europe needs to do more, it's facing terrorism, it's facing migration, but simply duplicating or undermining Nato is the wrong way to do it.

Equally we have to make sure that British companies are also prepared to train up British workers. The public are very clear, they want to see immigration not stopped but brought properly under control.

We're all Eurosceptics now. I don't see any Euro-fanatics around the Cabinet table.

We have a veto on all EU defence matters and we would oppose any move to create one. In fact, I don't know any European defence minister who wants a European army.

But we're going to continue to oppose any idea of an EU army, or an EU army headquarters which would simply undermine Nato. Nato must remain the cornerstone of our defence and the defence of Europe.

I can assure the House that the capability and effectiveness of the United Kingdom's independent nuclear deterrent is not in doubt. The government has absolute confidence in our deterrent and in the Royal Navy.

We do not give operational details of the demonstration and shake-down operation of one of our submarines conducting a test with one of our Trident missiles

[It is up to the British people to decide whether] we are safer and stronger inside the EU or take what is a big gamble and leave to what is a rather uncertain future.

Questions were asked about the platforms he [Sadiq Khan] shared with various extremists, and those questions were asked by not just by us but the media too. Even on your own programme.

[Gibraltar residents] made it very clear they do not want to live under Spanish rule

[Sacking rebels] sends the wrong message to Remainers

I think everybody wants to see an agreement in the end that does respect what the British people voted for last year - makes sure that our cooperation with Europe continues, our trade with Europe continues, our security cooperation with Europe continues.

[It is] very important that we take those who voted Remain - and nearly half the country voted Remain - we do try and take them with us.

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