"It is no exaggeration to say I would have died for Yorkshire. I suppose once or twice I nearly did."
Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after the city of York.
"If the Scots can have independence, then in terms of being a viable unit Yorkshire can too. Its larger, it has more population, it has every asset you could need. If we are playing that narrow game, Yorkshire is entitled to independence and its own Parliament. But is that what we want today? Its playing into the hands of those people who want to break up the United Kingdom and let Europe rule the various parts."
Yorkshire"Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain’s continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere."
Yorkshire"Being from Yorkshire is as much a state of mind as a geographical fact."
Yorkshire"Once bitten twice shy, and several times bitten, then you make a rule about it. People from Yorkshire, we have found, are dour and nurse a grudge. One thing you cant put up with on expeditions are people who search for trouble, then nurse it when they have found it."
Yorkshire"My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way that it was actually twelve miles from a lemon"
Yorkshire"The Duke of York so dread The eager vaward led."
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