Michael Gove: ‘The Facts of Life Say Leave’. Why Britain and Europe will be better off after we vote leave

In a keynote speech, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Michael Gove set out on the 19 April 2016 a positive vision for the UK’s future outside the EU.

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Vote Leave: News, 19.04.16: Michael Gove's essay for Today programme - Why it is safer to take back control http://www.voteleavetakecontrol.org/michael_gove_s_oped_for_bbc_radio_4_today_programme

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: HM Treasury analysis: the long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives http://www.europeansources.info/record/hm-treasury-analysis-the-long-term-economic-impact-of-eu-membership-and-the-alternatives/

BBC News, 19.04.16: Michael Gove sets out post-exit UK-EU trade vision http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36074853

The Guardian, 19.04.16: Brexit could spark democratic liberation of continent, says Gove http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/19/brexit-could-spark-democratic-liberation-of-continent-says-gove

Politico, 19.04.16; Michael Gove: Remaining in EU like ‘voting to be hostages’ http://www.politico.eu/article/michael-gove-remaining-in-eu-like-voting-to-be-hostages-brexit-date-june-23-eu-referendum/

The Guardian, 19.04.16: Michael Gove's post-EU vision labelled 'utopian rubbish' by Angela Eagle http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/19/michael-gove-eu-angela-eagle-utopian-rubbish

The Conversation, 19.04.16: Michael Gove’s speech tells us more about his own Game of Thrones than the EU referendum https://theconversation.com/michael-goves-speech-tells-us-more-about-his-own-game-of-thrones-than-the-eu-referendum-58082

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The Conversation, 20.04.16: Gove’s vision for the UK out of the EU: welcome to Vote Leave’s parallel universe http://theconversation.com/goves-vision-for-the-uk-out-of-the-eu-welcome-to-vote-leaves-parallel-universe-58169

Blog: Open Europe, 20.04.16: To what extent are Leave campaigners committed to a free-market vision for the UK post-Brexit? http://openeurope.org.uk/impact/extent-leave-campaigners-committed-free-market-vision-uk-post-brexit/

Blog: LSE BrexitVote, 21.04.16: Michael Gove’s problem is that a single market is more than just a tariff-free zone http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexitvote/2016/04/21/michael-goves-problem-is-that-a-single-market-is-more-than-just-a-tariff-free-zone/

Blog: LSE BrexitVote, 20.04.16: Michael Gove is arguing the UK should be like states that want to join the EU http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexitvote/2016/04/20/michael-gove-is-arguing-the-uk-should-be-like-states-that-want-to-join-the-eu/

In Facts, 19.04.16: 8 porkies Gove uses to build Brexit case http://infacts.org/porkies-gove-uses-build-brexit-case/

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