“I said before coming to Brussels that if I couldn’t get adequate safeguards for Britain in a new European treaty, then I wouldn’t agree to it. What is on offer isn’t in Britain’s interests, so I didn’t agree to it.”
David Cameron MP UK Prime Minister
“David Cameron’s isolation is a sign of weakness not of strength … It is not in Britain’s national interest for decisions to be taken without us even at the table and it’s a direct result of David Cameron spending more time negotiating with his own backbenchers than with our European partners.”
Douglas Alexander MP
UK Shadow Foreign Secretary
“Mr Cameron was right to reject a deal designed by the French, for the French.”
The Daily Telegraph
The UK has most of the EU’s financial business, but we have a minority of the votes. The City does business globally but pays its taxes here, so retaining a strong, vibrant, international finance hub here is good for jobs and our economy.”
Angela Knight
British Bankers Association
“Britain did not walk out of the EU last night. But let there be no doubt about it: we have started falling out.”
The Economist