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All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay. -- James Buchan
I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France. -- Jean Paul Gaultier
A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations. -- Iain Duncan Smith
If you hear Anarchy in the UK today your hair stands on end. It gives you the shivers. -- Vivienne Westwood
For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place. -- William Hague
I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making. -- Jonathan Ive
More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU. -- John Hutton
People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things. -- Meredith Whitney
I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world. -- William Hague
We didn't really expect to achieve anything outside of the UK, and it just went crazy. It's just crazy that people know our music. We're just humbled by it. -- Zayn Malik
The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation. -- Nick Clegg
The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital allowances; the use of Tax Incremental Finance; and extra help from UK Trade and Investment on inward investment and trade opportunities. -- Andy Sawford
With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair. -- Iain Duncan Smith
I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his. -- Gavin Rossdale
I would not rule out going to Israel because I disapprove of the foreign policy any more than I would refuse to play in the UK because I disapprove of Tony Blair's foreign policy. -- Roger Waters
Indian food has been huge in the UK forever and ever, but that's because it has a historical rooting. America, I think is really ripe for it. There's been so much interest in Indian culture. -- Aarti Sequeira
The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters. -- Andrew Lloyd Webber
I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in America, and it would be terrible for me to segregate myself from one of those groups that support me so much. -- Rory McIlroy
We can't return to the 19th century, draw up our drawbridges and say, we don't have anything to do with each other, Germany will not work with the Netherlands, the UK will not work with France. That's ludicrous. We are condemned to work with each other. -- Nick Clegg
We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out before I even dropped in. Months later they were still asking what had happened to me, not realising that I was on a UK tour. -- Holly Johnson
The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also have the closest personal relationships with my translators - I don't know whether that's a coincidence, or if there's something to be learned from it. -- Jonathan Coe
The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC. -- Gavyn Davies
Patriotism is a joke in the UK. -- Matt Tong
The UK is a very international country. -- Bill Gates
The UK desperately needs less government and freer markets. -- Rupert Murdoch
There's four seasons in the UK, spring, autumn, winter and winter. -- Steve Fowler
The UK is becoming a pagan nation along with most European nations. -- David Wilkerson
My generation in the UK, they're very apathetic, a lot of them. -- Thea Gilmore
Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK. -- Theresa May
TV people in the UK... I'm getting on a lot better with them. -- Terry Pratchett
I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK -- Saul Williams
But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director. -- Mel Smith
There is no reason why the US and the UK cannot have close relations. -- Diane Abbott
The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies. -- Jason Statham
Free financial advice: buy life insurance for Saakashvili from US and UK insurance companies. -- Evgeni Kostitsyn
The politics of banking is bad everywhere, including UK. Eurozone has more problems, unhealthy symbiosis. -- Anat R. Admati
Labour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy. -- John Redwood
The good thing about coming over to the UK is that I can get some rest. -- Tiger Woods
We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide. -- Michael Morpurgo
Hip-hop is interesting, but American pop music doesn't have the kind of diversity that the UK does. -- Casey Spooner
I'm a worrier. In the UK, if I'm known for anything, it's sort of for being cynical. -- Charlie Brooker
The Western world, and the UK in particular, is drowning in a sea of its own blubber. -- Michael Simkins
The biggest Russian problem - not all Russian jerks have moved to the US and UK yet. -- Evgeni Kostitsyn
Being banned from UK will be minor irritant for [Donald] Trump, but catastrophic for local community around Turnberry. -- Corri Wilson
I like filming in the UK - I'll sleep in my own bed, which I'm really happy about. -- Guy Ritchie
It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only. -- Damian Lewis
The UK is always ahead of their time in music, and America always follows them five years later. -- Danny Brown
Over in the UK and in Wales, it's nice to turn on the TV and see 'Baywatch.' -- David Hasselhoff
I don't invest in the stock market, but I have pension funds - some in America and the UK. -- Eric Idle
The whole journey of style-driven subcultural movements is finished now in the UK. The internet kind of killed it. -- Don Letts
The prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible. -- Tessa Jowell
Italy is not widely thought of as a pioneer of youth culture in the way, say, the UK is. -- Giorgio Armani
The UK has a super strong music culture. I could definitely see myself living there if it made sense. -- MC Lars
There are loads of amazing actors in the UK and only 2% of them are in work, which is crazy. -- Yasmin Paige
Dubstep has been big in the UK for years. I'm fine with hearing a dubstep drop in any song. -- Katy B
I think the US and the UK are gradually growing closer together in a lot of ways. They're inextricably linked. -- Thea Gilmore
I feel comfortable in the US, the UK and in Ghana. They are all home to me in some way. -- Cynthia Addai-Robinson
The Government have made it clear that the constitutional treaty will be ratified in the UK only after a referendum. -- Geoff Hoon
What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all. -- Lee Child
The 2013/14 storms & floods show the UK needs to invest in a climate resilient, low carbon, food secure, full employment, positive future -- Phil Harding
I think in this country [UK] we could do with rather less political correctness and more straight talking across the board. -- Philip Davies
I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal. -- Salman Rushdie
Denmark and the UK are in agreement that our future prosperity depends on stimulating green growth, and getting off the oil hook. -- Chris Huhne
Specific policy decisions would be absolutely necessary to promote the UK. It's not necessarily borrowing more or changing our current account status. -- Andrea Leadsom
This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
I've lived in the UK for longer than I lived in Ireland. I'm not worried about myself, but it's ridiculous for youngsters. -- Dylan Moran
This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
The UK is one of the only nations on earth that has actually met and even exceeded its goals under the Kyoto Protocol. -- Al Gore
Unfortunately, many children throughout the UK witness violence in the family home. Let's stand up for those children. Domestic violence needs to stop. -- Shaun Wright-Phillips
Over the next few days we want cities, towns and villages across the UK to send a message to Scotland: stay with us. -- Ed Miliband
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Women are being told to get midwives [in UK] because there's not enough room and there's not enough pain medicine at the hospitals. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
Women are being told to get midwives [in UK] because there's not enough room and there's not enough pain medicine at the hospitals. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value for money. -- Andrew Mitchell
Getting the UK 'Climate Ready' has the potential to support economic growth for this country which should be a priority for all of us -- Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley
We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions. -- Stephen Crabb
Many artists who sign deals in the US and UK get the benefit of worldwide promotion and have a better shot at breaking globally. -- Wendy Starland
I'm glad to be able to announce that the UK now has it's very own mindless twit. || Either that or he's a damn good satirist. -- Tim Worstall
Since January 1993 there have been 27 other countries not in the EU that have done better than the UK at exporting goods into the single market. -- Boris Johnson
I am disgusted at the way May has been speaking. The EU nationals living in the UK came here legally and they have protected rights. -- Nigel Farage
American fans want to meet you, and they wait for that autograph by the stage door. In the UK, it doesn't really happen that much. -- Jessie Ware
I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my inspiration. -- Albert Lee
The UK is an extraordinary partner for America and a force for good in an unstable world. I hope it remains strong, robust and united. -- Barack Obama
The last person in the UK who described his product as being crap in public was one Gerald Ratner - and he was gone immediately. -- Martin Sorrell
So long as the UK continues to maintain its own identity, it is my belief that the US and the UK should maintain close relations. -- Diane Abbott
You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example. -- Tony Blair
By exposing the fallacy of the UKâ??s extradition arrangements with the US, I leave with my head held high having won the moral victory. -- Babar Ahmad
I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience. -- Michael Bolton
I think that special relationship between the UK and the US has been an important part of security across the world particularly to the West. -- Theresa May
It [Brexit] is not just gonna benefit me; it's gonna benefit other businesses here in the UK. It's gonna help tourism, it's gonna help exports. -- Donald Trump
This is one of the gravest crises Europe has ever experienced... An agreement failed because of the completely stubborn attitudes of the UK and the Netherlands. -- Gerhard Schroder
The IIFA Weekend has my unprecedented support. The relationship between India and the UK is long standing and one we would like to keep developing forever. -- Gordon Brown
[Donald] Trump, whether he designed it or not, happens to be the first thing in the news on UK soil the day after the Brexit vote. -- Rush Limbaugh
Take every penny you have set aside for aid for Tanzania and spend it in the UK, explaining to people the facts and causes of poverty. -- Julius Nyerere
[Donald] Trump, whether he designed it or not, happens to be the first thing in the news on UK soil the day after the Brexit vote. -- Rush Limbaugh
The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. -- Nicholas Stern
I would rather stare at the wall for half an hour than watch an episode of any of the 53,801 Australian soap operas now cluttering up UK TV. -- Terry Pratchett
If you [Donald Trump] do visit this country [UK], take time to visit the Mosques. Take time to reflect on how dangerous that kind of rhetoric is. -- Sarah Wollaston
We've also had comments in relation to Donald Trump's comments in respect of investment in Scotland- the UK government has never given Mr Trump awards or appointments. -- James Brokenshire
Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can. -- Enya
I'm currently doing Undeclared an American TV show set in a college. It just got aired and got massive ratings so hopefully that'll screen in the UK soon -- Charlie Hunnam
I'm happy in the UK. I absolutely love it and I've finally got a great group of friends. I've got a lovely little flat and my work's here. -- Billie Piper
Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street. -- Bernie Ecclestone
Here in the UK the audience immediately reacts and they get the fact that: "What would be the most annoying thing in the world?" A Chesney Hawkes alarm clock! -- Duncan Jones
I've watched Jamie Oliver 's Food Revolution, he wants better school lunches for children in the US and UK. In NZ, we want Kiwi kids to have school lunches! -- Metiria Turei
I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK. -- Koo Stark
The Belgians tend to downplay the cultural divide issue, and the far-right issue, but there's a staggering degree of casual racism in Belgium, much worse than in the UK. -- Nicholas Royle
Airport Cars UK are always helpful and on time when we go on holiday. They have also done themselves proud with the executive people carriers at my sister-in-law's wedding -- Shane Richie
The UK downgrade will come as little surprise to many. It does not appear to be occurring because the UK is cutting its deficit too far and too fast. -- John Redwood
Thanks to Lana Turner, Eleven Eleven, The Nation, LIT Magazine (USA), Critical Quarterly (UK), Beautiful Outlaw Press, no press, The Capilano Review, cv2, Rhubarb and Centre A Gallery (Canada). -- Erin Mouré
I'm not a militant atheist, just an atheist. In fact, in a largely atheist country like the UK I think it's a bit silly to be a militant atheist. -- Tim Crane
I think the US and UK thought if they gave a bit more time to Israel, they would crush Hezbollah. But it became very obvious that was an unwinnable war. -- Kofi Annan
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They put up this bloke's picture on Crimewatch UK with a phone number and said 'Have you seen this man?' Well my auntie rang them up and said 'No'. -- Jasper Carrott
I'm getting hassled by a couple of people to release the CRU station temperature data. Don't any of you three tell anybody that the UK has a Freedom of Information Act. -- Phil Jones
I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat. -- Francois Hollande
I've covered a lot of the British countryside and the UK from top to bottom and side to side. It's such a pity more people don't appreciate what's on their doorstep. -- Alan Titchmarsh
Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it's where I'm from. I just get a warm feeling when I'm home. -- Ellie Goulding
As I say the UK's position on the issue of torture and the use of torture has not changed. Our policy is the same as it has been. We condemn torture. -- Theresa May
I wanted to do something for the minority Muslims living in the West, especially in the UK, to bring up their morale a bit. They need to be proud of their religion -- Sami Yusuf

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