The week in Brexit: who said what?

People gather to attend a rally at Trafalgar Square in London calling to maintain the rights of the EU citizens in Britain and British citizens in the EU after Brexit. Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft Images

1. "Brexit is a distraction, not a solution, to the problems this country is facing."

   1. 

      Tony Blair

   2. 

      David Cameron

   3. 

      Gordon Brown

   4. 

      George Osborne

2. “We want a relationship which allows us to trade within the single market. Whether that’s formal membership – which is only possible, I believe, if you are actually a member of the EU – or whether it’s an agreed trading relationship, is open for discussion."

   1. 

      Jeremy Corbyn

   2. 

      Theresa May

   3. 

      Vince Cable

   4. 

      Nicola Sturgeon

3. “There is general agreement that it would not make sense to ask business to face two sets of changes and that implies that a transition or interim period would need to look a lot like the status quo."

   1. 

      Jeremy Corbyn

   2. 

      Keir Starmer

   3. 

      Philip Hammond

   4. 

      Michael Gove

4. "We are going to make progress. We will keep moving. We will move on because Brexit isn’t everything. It isn’t the future of Europe. It isn’t the be all and end all."

   1. 

      Jean-Claude Juncker

   2. 

      Herman Van Rompuy

   3. 

      Michel Barnier

   4. 

      Angela Merkel

5. "Mr Barnier seems to be acting as the representative of a country that has just won a war and is determined to exact the maximum amount of reparations from a vanquished, defeated country."

   1. 

      Iain Duncan Smith

   2. 

      William Hague

   3. 

      Michael Howard

   4. 

      Boris Johnson

6. "There needs to be a serious parliamentary debate to figure out what kind of Brexit we are going to have in the best interests of the country and the economy." Which company's chairman said this?

   1. 

      Marks and Spencer

   2. 

      John Lewis

   3. 

      Uniqlo

   4. 

      Top Shop

7. "I suspect that we will have to leave without a deal and we will trade under WTO regulations, which frankly, are going to hurt the Europeans more than the British." Which company's founder offered this more optimistic view?

   1. 

      Wetherspoons

   2. 

      Virgin

   3. 

      Dyson

   4. 

      Pimlico Plumbers

8. “The people voted and, you know, they have to get on with it. Suddenly, it’s like, ‘Oh, well, we don’t like that vote'. What do you mean you don’t like that vote? You had the vote, this is what won, let’s get on with it.” Which drummer said this?

   1. 

      Phil Collins

   2. 

      Dave Grohl

   3. 

      Charlie Watts

   4. 

      Ringo Starr

9. "I don’t think Brexit would have happened if it hadn’t been for the political and economic events of the preceding 10 years. People were disillusioned. They felt badly treated. They felt squeezed."

   1. 

      Gordon Brown

   2. 

      Theresa May

   3. 

      Alistair Darling

   4. 

      George Osborne

10. "I would quite happily never have a constitutional referendum in my lifetime on anything ever again."

    1. 

       Tony Blair

    2. 

       Gordon Brown

    3. 

       Nicola Sturgeon

    4. 

       Ruth Davidson

Solutions

1:A - Tony Blair was speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show., 2:A - Corbyn was speaking in a radio interview. He went on to tell the TUC conference that Labout wants a "jobs-first Brexit that guarantees full access to the European single market"., 3:C - Philip Hammond, the chancellor, was speaking to a House of Lords committee, as talk of the desirability of a transition deal grew., 4:A - Jean-Claude Junker, the European commission president, said he would always deeply lament the UK’s decision to leave the EU. “This will be a very sad and tragic moment in our history, we will always regret this.” , 5:C - Michael Howard, the former Conservative leader, was speaking at a 'Brexit Central' event in London., 6:B - Sir Charlie Mayfield, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, said that Brexit had hit business confidence., 7:C - Sir James Dyson, who backed the Leave campaign, said that not enough progress had been made on Brexit talks but said Britain had put forward “positive suggestions” that had “not been reciprocated” by the EU. , 8:D - Ringo gave his view in an interview with BBC's Newsnight. Paul McCartney didn't vote, telling press last year: "I was so confused. You were hearing what seemed to be good arguments on both sides.", 9:C - Former chancellor Alistair Darling was reflecting on the consequences of the banking crisis, 10:D - The Scottish Conservative leader told the BBC's James Harding, "Were there to be another referendum I'd vote to remain again."

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