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*Partly that is because they are simply tired of years of fighting each other and partly it is the galvanising effect of Daesh (IS).
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36071531 Philip Hammond in Tripoli to support new Libyan government], ''BBC News'', 18 April 2016
*It is clear we enter our negotiations to leave the EU from a position of economic strength
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36903164 UK economic growth sped up ahead of Brexit vote] ''BBC News'' (27 July 2016)
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=== 2018 ===
*A trade deal will only happen if it is fair and balances the interests of both sides. Given the shape of the British economy, and our trade balance with the EU27, it is hard to see how any deal that did not include services could look like a fair and balanced settlement.
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43334850 Brexit: Don't put bankers first in talks, says Labour] ''BBC News'' (8 March 2018)
*There is light at the end of the tunnel... but we are still in the tunnel at the moment.
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43363167 We're not out of austerity tunnel yet - Chancellor Philip Hammond], ''BBC News'', 11 March 2018
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=== 2019 ===
*In the 2016 referendum, a promise was made to the majority who voted for Brexit - that they were voting for a more prosperous future. Not leaving would be seen as a betrayal of that referendum decision. But leaving without a deal would undermine our future prosperity, and would equally represent a betrayal of the promises that were made.
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46991042 Brexit: Amber Rudd says she is committed to avoiding no deal] ''BBC News'' (24 January 2019)
*We are determined to get a deal. We recognise that a no-deal Brexit would be a very bad outcome for the UK and we are doing everything we can to avoid that,
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47316895 Brexit: No deal threat focusing minds, says Hammond], ''BBC News'', 21 February 2019
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*[No-deal Brexit would be] just as much a betrayal of the referendum result as not leaving at all
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49348072 Boris Johnson: Brexit opponents 'collaborating' with EU] ''BBC News'' (14 August 2019)
*There is no mandate for a no-deal Brexit and a no-deal Brexit will be a catastrophe for the United Kingdom.
**[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49580185 Brexit: MPs back bill aimed at blocking no deal] ''BBC News'' (4 September 2019)
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