A biography for Dominic Grievehasn’t been written yet.
“Believing in and practising the principles of the rule of law is, with our liberty and democracy, among the most powerful weapons we have. It is less effective if we blur its clarity and we should do this as sparingly as possible.”
“As a past attorney general I consider a WTO Brexit to be a disaster for us as, leaving aside the economic damage it will cause, it would trash our reputation for observing our international obligations - as it must lead to our breaching the Good Friday Agreement with Ireland on the Irish border.”
“We have collectively to face up to the fact that in the two main political parties there are substantial disagreements on the best form Brexit should take.”
“I would like to think that I have followed in the proper tradition of attorneys-general, providing good quality advice to my colleagues in government and have taken on their needs and concerns.”
“We then need to consider carefully how the E.U. law that is going to be imported into our own law will operate. Its processes and interpretation have always been different from our own domestic law.”
“In my brief, home affairs, we have witnessed ministers issue countless dodgy dossiers, fiddle figures and fudge facts.”
“I am a Conservative, so I don't wish to be seen as a rebel, particularly, at all.”
“Our best hope in meeting the many challenges that Brexit brings for us is being willing to be open-minded about the options we may choose to pursue.”
“For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and to seek to change them.”
“Ultimately, any government is one which enjoys the majority of support of members of Parliament to carry out a policy.”
“No amount of extra civil servants recruited to deliver Brexit will make up for a lack of rational debate or for political judgments distorted by a desire to sound tough in order to appeal to narrow sectional interests.”
“Contrary to the myth that the U.K. respects decisions of the Strasbourg court but many other adherent states do not, the convention and Strasbourg court judgements have proved a highly effective tool in protecting and developing human rights in countries with no tradition of the rule of law.”
“Jeremy Corbyn has shown no ability to provide solutions for Brexit whatsoever.”
“No one is going to thank us afterwards for a Brexit that reduces people's quality of life.”
“Putting the Withdrawal Bill in order is an essential step to stability and achieving a reasonable outcome to Brexit.”
“It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact on the policy, it may be principled, but it doesn't deliver the better outcome that the country needs.”
“The failure to manage economic migration properly has put further pressure on transport and housing.”
“Very few MPs disagree with the need for a withdrawal bill to enable us to disentangle our 50-year relationship with the legal structures of the European Union and to enable us to function effectively outside of it.”
“I believe that MPs from all parties must work together to prevent a damaging hard exit.”
“Surveillance legislation passed in good faith has been stretched well beyond its original purpose.”