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  • Barrister
  • born 1962
  • 103 quotes

Keir Starmer, a barrister (born 1962), is quoted 103 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Brexit, Labour, Human Rights and Ensure.

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I keep an open mind.

Brexit can be stopped.

Human rights only have meaning if they are universal.

I'm absolutely fine with the rough and tumble of politics.

You can't meet Labour's tests by failing to provide answers.

I want to send a message that we value our Muslim communities.

Defining of the public interest is always very, very difficult.

We cannot allow Brexit to be driven by narrow and divisive Tory ideology.

After 43 years of membership, exiting the E.U. was never going to be easy.

Full access to the single market is what businesses and trade unions want.

In a democracy there will always be a tension between security and privacy.

I wouldn't characterise myself as a bleeding heart liberal, whatever that is.

There is nothing quite like working on a counter-terrorism case in real time.

We are uniting in condemning the comments of Donald Trump on Muslims and women.

Brexit is so important, it would have been neglect of duty to simply sit it out.

We must ensure strong, fair and robust workplace rights remain in our country's DNA.

The pursuit of an extreme Brexit cannot come at the cost of peace in Northern Ireland.

I have prosecuted very serious criminals who are now serving very long jail sentences.

A no deal Brexit would be a complete failure by the government to negotiate for Britain.

I always say, it's better to be asked why you're leaving, rather than when you're leaving.

Ensuring we have the best possible Brexit deal will take time, effort and huge diplomatic skill.

Our five-year-old son thinks I ought to work in the local bookshop, and I can see the appeal of that.

The Human Rights Act is a really important constitutional document, it isn't just a villain's charter.

I don't subscribe to the view that people who are better off don't want to live in a more equal society.

No border controls anywhere in the world are able to prevent determined criminals from crossing borders.

We need a transitional Brexit deal that provides maximum certainty and stability. Labour will deliver it.

The nature of the final Brexit deal really matters. It is, as I have said before, the battle of our times.

To state that lethal force should not be used without a proper legal justification is to state the obvious.

Leaving the E.U. without a preferential trade arrangement in place would make the U.K. significantly poorer.

Everyone remembers where they were on 7 July 2005 when four deadly bombs ripped through the heart of London.

I'm well aware of different views across my own party and across Parliament on pretty well all Brexit issues.

I am well aware of different views across my own party and across parliament on pretty well all Brexit issues.

Labour's priorities are clear: jobs and the economy must come first; not party interests or ideological fantasies.

We have to call out terrorism for what it is, and I have always done that, and the Labour Party has always done that.

Theresa May's decision to call an unnecessary general election after Article 50 was triggered was deeply irresponsible.

In my view, airstrikes without an effective ground force are unlikely to make any meaningful contribution to defeating Isis.

His [Donald Trump ]comments are shocking, offensive and disturbing but I don't believe it merits a ban at this point in time.

If you lose your job because there has been an influx of labour from another country, that is a legitimate cause for concern.

When I was the director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013, I had staff working at the Eurojust HQ in The Hague 24/7.

The final Brexit deal must ensure there is no diminution in Britain's national security or ability to tackle cross-border crime.

There is very, very little chance of bespoke transitional arrangements being negotiated at the same time as the rest of Article 50.

I am not a pacifist and I would back a lawful, coherent and compelling case for the use of military force by the U.K. against Isis.

My background is not typical of a lawyer or a DPP. My dad was a toolmaker before he retired, so he worked in a factory all his life.

As we exit the E.U., there must be a new approach to immigration that has the consent of the British people and is managed in their interests.

In the absence of a written constitution, we still rely far too heavily in the U.K. on unwritten and unenforceable 'constitutional conventions.'

I believe Britain's response to Brexit must be based on core progressive values: internationalism, cooperation, social justice and the rule of law.

In my view, the military action taken in Iraq in 2003 was not lawful under international law because there was no U.N. resolution expressly authorising it.

It will be increasingly difficult to keep Scotland as a part of the U.K. I hope that doesn't happen, but everyone knows David Cameron has put that at risk.

Any talk of no deal is completely unacceptable. No deal means we can't reach any agreement about the border in Ireland and that is not a place we want to be.

Britain needs a good Brexit deal to safeguard jobs, security and trade and to build a new partnership with the E.U. Achieving this will be fiendishly difficult.

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