We asked some Tories what 'Brexit' should actually mean

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Adam Stockwell, 19, borough councillor

Adam Stockwell, 19, borough councillor

"It means restricting the free movement of people to be restricted to a reasonable level."

"Staying in the single market isn't necessary but some sort of access to it is. We need to open ourselves to the world."

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Mark Clark, 26, party member

Mark Clark, 26, party member

"It should mean the opening up of opportunities. It means selling Britain as a liberal powerhouse for free trade and democracy."

"I don't see a way that single market can be on the table. It just cannot work. It would just leave the same disgruntled feeling among the public — why not a clean break?"

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Alessia Cesana, 27, party member

Alessia Cesana, 27, party member

"Brexit means opening up to the rest of the world."

"It means ending unfair discrimination against people who want to come to Britain from outside the EU."

"If leaving the single market means getting better trade agreements with other countries then we should do it."

Paul Cooper, 28, party member

Paul Cooper, 28, party member

"Brexit means total removal from European law making. It means the complete regaining of British sovereignty."

"It's an opportunity to forge ourselves in the world again. We need some access to the single market but not full access. We need to control immigration."

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Alan Bartlett, 32, party member

Alan Bartlett, 32, party member

"It means opening new trade agreements with countries like India and China which we haven't been able to do as part of the EU."

"I would like to stay in the single market by agreeing a Norway-style deal. We voted to leave the EU, not for a particular type of Brexit."

Felicity Huston, 53, party member

Felicity Huston, 53, party member

"Brexit means a return to sovereignty. An end to social legislation being decided by unaccountable politicians in Europe."

"It also means an end to the UK contributing to the subsidising of Spanish bullfighting."

"I don't think it'll come to choosing between single market access and ending the free movement of people. The EU needs us more than we need them."

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Adrian Huston, 53, party member

Adrian Huston, 53, party member

"Brexit is a chance for us to trade freely with the world and be good neighbours with the EU."

"The single market isn't a massive attraction — I would rather we begin to focus on trading freely with the developing world."

Ritchie Hardcastle, 19, chairman of Young Conservatives Romford

Ritchie Hardcastle, 19, chairman of Young Conservatives Romford

"The EU is stagnant. Brexit should mean rebalancing our trade so that we look at Asia where growth is much better."

"Preferably, we should stay in the single market. But immigration is a big thing for people. If the EU tries to force us into a corner and enforce immigration on us then we are going to have to leave the single market."

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