Michael Gove
Justice Secretary, Vote Leave“The day after we vote to leave we hold all the cards and we can choose the path we want.”
Keynote speech for Vote Leave, “The Facts of Life Say Leave”. Source: Vote Leave speech text (PDF)
What happened
On the first day of formal talks, 19 June 2017, the UK accepted the EU’s order of negotiation: trade would wait until there was progress on the financial settlement, citizens’ rights and the Irish border. A month earlier David Davis had predicted “the row of the summer” over that timetable.
Sources: The Guardian