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Nicola Ann Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes (née Griffith; born 1 October 1972), known as Nicky Morgan, is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from July 2019 to February 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019.
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It's incumbent on politicians to make the case that it is not for blaming immigrants about jobs and housing. Actually, it is up to us to provide the solutions and support to people.
We would have been better off if we had stayed, but that is what democracy is all about and the British people have been clear and I will accept that decision.
A Canada-style deal would take years to negotiate and might not give the kind of access its supporters hoped for
All this sabre-rattling this weekend is not coming from the section of the party that I represent. It is coming from the pro-Brexit section of the party. And it is deeply unhelpful.
It's going to happen, we are going to leave the European Union
It's clear, that if Britain leaves Europe it will be young people who suffer the most, left in limbo while we struggle to find and then negotiate an alternative model. In doing so we risk that lost generation becoming a reality.
As a constituency Member of Parliament, I receive a barrage of views on both sides of the EU debate all the time, so I am very conscious, even if it may not be my own personal position, of what other people in the country and my constituency are thinking.
From safeguarding parental leave to tackling discrimination in the workplace and bringing an end to violence against women and girls, our EU membership is critical in helping protect and further the rights of women around Britain. A vote to leave would put all of this at risk.
Seriously? Our two most senior female politicians are judged for their legs not what they said #appallingsexism
If parents and grandparents vote to leave, they'll be voting to gamble with their children and grandchildren's future. At a time when people are rightly concerned about inter-generational fairness, the most unfair decision that the older generation could make would be to take Britain out of Europe and damage the ability of young people to get on in life.
I think all of us agree what we don't want Britain to be: anti-competitive with more laws made overseas and with people travelling here for the benefits on offer rather than to pay their way. But we also don't want our children to inherit a Britain cut off from the world, where their prospects are limited and their opportunities end at our shores.
[Having to choose between deal and no-deal] appears to be an attempt by the executive to frustrate our sovereign Parliament
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