Anna Soubry

Anna Mary Soubry (born 7 December 1956) is a British politician and the leader of the short-lived Independent Group for Change in 2019. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire from 2010 until 2019, originally for the Conservative Party.

Anna Soubry (2017)

Quotes

2014

• [We are] absolutely united in our desire to renegotiate with Europe and to have a referendum - and to trust the British people to make up their minds
  • Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage in heated BBC debate over EU BBC News (3 April 2014)

2017

• The people have spoken - and they have rejected a hard Brexit.
  • Hard Brexit not backed by most MPs, remain campaigners say BBC News (11 June 2017)

• We have to call it out...I believe in freedom of the press but everyone has a responsibility not to incite abuse and death threats.
  • Theresa May condemns abuse of MPs over Brexit BBC News (19 December 2017)

2018

• Somebody like Jacob, with his views on things like abortion, a man who says he's had six children and never changed a nappy, who says that even if you were to be raped by your father you wouldn't have a right to choose to have a termination - I'm sorry, but I couldn't stay in a party led by somebody like him.
  • As quoted in The Metro, 7 February 2018, page 5.

2019

• It's a very bleak day for our country. It's as stark as that. He's called the great charlatan for good reason. And he is absolutely shameless in his ability to shift his position.
  • On Boris Johnson's election as Conservative leader and Prime Minister in 2019. Boris Johnson to be UK's next prime minister (23 July 2019) on the BBC website. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

• This isn't some sideshow. This is serious. We need a new political party and it's absolutely got to be done.
  • Said on the formation of The Independent Group for Change, in February 2019 by breakaway MPs from both the Conservative and Labour parties. Quoted by the BBC in September 2019: The party that didn't quite change UK politics.