Brexit quiz: match the quotes to the politicians

A European Union flag in front of Big Ben. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA

The debate around Brexit has heated up since Conservative party conference, during which Theresa May confirmed she will trigger article 50 before the end of March 2017 and signalled that her government would lean towards a “hard Brexit”.

In a week that has seen widespread concerns about the UK government’s negotiation stance and its potential impact on the economy, see if you can match the quotes to the politicians who said them.

1. 

   "We are going to get a deal which is of huge value and possibly of greater value... We are going to get the best possible deal for trade in goods and services."

   1. Theresa May

   2. David Davis

   3. Michael Gove

   4. Boris Johnson

2. 

   “That was pure illusion, that one can have the EU cake and eat it too. To all who believe in it, I propose a simple experiment. Buy a cake, eat it, and see if it is still there on the plate.”

   1. Boris Johnson

   2. Jean-Claude Juncker

   3. François Hollande

   4. Donald Tusk

3. "The British people, understandably didn't like being patronised or slut-shamed so they looked closely, and with increasingly attention, to the arguments"

   1. Theresa May

   2. Michael Gove

   3. Nigel Farage

   4. Michael Fabricant

4. 

   “What we are going to do is be ambitious in our negotiations, to negotiate the best deal for the British people"

   1. Boris Johnson

   2. David Davis

   3. Michael Gove

   4. Theresa May

5. "Is the PM really willing to risk a shambolic Tory Brexit just to appease the people behind her?”

   1. Kenneth Clarke

   2. Jeremy Corbyn

   3. Keir Starmer

   4. Andy Burnham

6. "I don’t think we should have a situation where we can’t talk about immigration. We must not ignore the fact that people want to talk about immigration, and if we do talk about immigration, don’t call me a racist"

   1. Nigel Farage

   2. Theresa May

   3. Amber Rudd

   4. Jeremy Corbyn

7. 

   “Britain has decided on a Brexit, I believe even a hard Brexit. Well, we must go all the way with Britain’s will to leave the European Union”

   1. Angela Merkel

   2. Jean-Claude Junker

   3. François Hollande

   4. Nigel Farage

8. "Having claimed that the referendum was about returning sovereignty to Britain, it would be a complete outrage if May were to determine the terms of Brexit without a mandate from parliament"

   1. David Davis

   2. Nigel Farage

   3. Ed Miliband

   4. Jeremy Corbyn

9. 

   "The right wing of the Tory party is now in the ascendancy and it is seeking to hijack the referendum result. Brexit has become Tory Brexit"

   1. Jeremy Corbyn

   2. Nicola Sturgeon

   3. Nick Clegg

   4. Nigel Farage

10. "It appears as if there's quite a lot of work that needs to be done in the UK before there's a clear view of what the British want."

    1. Mark Rutte

    2. Angela Merkel

    3. Lars Lokke Rasmussen

    4. Antonio Costa

Solutions

1:D - Britain's foreign secretary had previously said Britain's Brexit policy was "having our cake and eating it", 2:D - Continuing his analogy, the EU council president added: “There will be no cakes on the table, for anyone. There will be only salt and vinegar.", 3:B - Gove was writing in his column for the TImes newspaper, in which he argued Remain voters were having an “adolescent tantrum” over Brexit, 4:D - May was speaking at Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions, during which she was challenged on whether access to the EU’s single market was “a red line for the government or not”., 5:B - The Labour leader attempted to up the pressure on May to reveal the government's Brexit plans, 6:C - The home secretary was defending the suggestion of businesses having to reveal the numbers of foreign workers they employ. The plan was later abandoned, 7:C - The French president was speaking at a dinner in Paris attended by the EU commission president, Jean-Claude Junker, and the EU’s top Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier. , 8:C - The former Labour leader made his comments in a column for the Observer on Sunday. May conceded to a debate on parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit, 9:B - Sturgeon was speaking at SNP conference, in which the party leader warned warned that she was prepared to stage a second Scottish independence referendum before the UK quits the European Union, 10:C - The Danish PM was speaking to Bloomberg after meeting Theresa May in Copenhagen

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   This is a middling score. Are you hoping for a middling Brexit?

2. 10 and above.

   Well done! You've been paying close attention to what's been said about Brexit. Perhaps you should become part of Britain's negotiating team?

3. 0 and above.

   Oh dear. You are blissfully unaware of what is being said about Brexit