"I believe that we have to negotiate a better solution that works better for Britain if we are going to stay in and play a part in the European Union in the future, but let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We should say no, this is a club that we are members of, and before we talk about leaving it, first of all we're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomAnglicans from the United KingdomPeople from LondonGovernment ministers of the United KingdomSecretaries of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom
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Michael Gove and Philip Hammond would vote for Britain to leave the EU, BBC News (12 May 2013).
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