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It will “take a decade” to resolve the crisis inflicted on Ireland by Brexit and the border checks created in the Irish Sea, David Davis has suggested.
In his first public speech since the EU referendum, Sir John Major outlined the realities that he believes both Britain and Europe face in the future at Chatham House.
The former prime minister accused hardline leave campaigners of ‘shouting down anyone with an opposing view’.
Former PM calls for ‘a little more charm, and a lot less cheap rhetoric’ and says public have been given unrealistic expectations.
John Major attacks ‘zealot’ Conservative Brexiteers but urges moderate Tories to stay in the party
19/02/2019
Both main parties are being ‘manipulated by fringe opinion’ says former prime minister as he condemns ‘extreme’ Tory MPs’ ‘intransigence’.
John Major breaks Tory ranks as he urges young voters to stop Boris Johnson's Brexit plan
06/12/2019
Sir John Major will tonight call on millions of young people to use their votes to derail Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans in an extraordinary general election intervention.
John Major on Brexit
05/06/2016
John Major demolishes the “dishonest” Leave Campaign for "misleading the public".
John Major on the EU referendum
10/06/2016
Former British prime minister Sir John Major spent much of the time he was in power negotiating with Brussels. A campaigner for the UK to remain in the EU, he talks to FT editor Lionel Barber about why he thinks the country should retain its membership.
Former Tory prime minister backs second referendum as Theresa May warns of ‘catastrophic breach of trust in our democracy’ if MPs vote against her deal
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has said that triggering Article 16 and suspending parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol would be "colossally stupid".
John Major says UK no longer ‘great power’
10/11/2020
The former prime minister warned that “complacency” and “nostalgia” are the routes to a national decline and that the UK’s global influence has relied upon history, fortified by membership of the EU and close ties to the US.
Brexit may be "even more brutal than expected" due to the UK's negotiating "failures", Sir John Major has said. / "This action is unprecedented in all our history - and for good reason. It has damaged our reputation around the world."
Senior Conservatives are not backing down on their rebellion against Boris Johnson's controversial Brexit legislation despite his warning that the EU could "carve up" the United Kingdom without it.
Johnson’s 'unbelievable' Brexit withdrawal agreement decision will be defeated in House of Lords, Lord Heseltine says
09/09/2020
European Commssion demands urgent meeting, as John Major warns of risk to UK’s reputation.
PM on collision course with Joe Biden and EU if he pushes ahead with "lamentable" proposals.
Former prime minister Sir John Major said the dangerous move would be ‘silly politics’ to placate ‘extreme Brexiteers’.
Major's Foresight on Brexit [10 mins]
03/03/2023
What the former Prime Minister warned BEFORE the referendum.
Former prime minister Sir John Major has told the BBC he would seek a judicial review in the courts if the new prime minister tried to suspend Parliament to deliver a no-deal Brexit.
The former prime minister made to the warning to Boris Johnston as talks between the EU and UK continue.
There should be no expectation that the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations will lead to a "perfect" solution, a former prime minister has warned.
Sir John Major says he’ll take Boris Johnson to court if he tries to prorogue Parliament for a no-deal Brexit
10/07/2019
I for one would be prepared to go and seek judicial review to prevent Parliament being bypassed'
Sir John Major warns Boris Johnson could use 'political chicanery' to force through no-deal Brexit
26/09/2019
He said the Prime Minister could use a so-called "Order of Council" to avoid implementing the legislation until after 31 October.