As I say the UK’s position on the issue of torture and the use of torture has not changed. Our policy is the same as it has been. We condemn torture.
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More Theresa May Quotes
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Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.
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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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I take a very simple view that a violent extremist at some point previously been an extremist, and by definition is an extremist, so you do need to look at that non-violent extremism.
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I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that’s important in the UK national interest and I believe it’s important in the US national interest.
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I was a teenage godmother.
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The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over.
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If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.
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What happened in the United States election is not a matter for the United Kingdom, it is a matter for the United States and the United States authorities.
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Not partial membership of the European Union or anything that leaves us half in, half out. No, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.
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I am a vicar’s daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that.
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I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain’s future – in Parliament and across the country.
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National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
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Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police.
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I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It’s all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
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Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.
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I think it’s important to do a good job and not to feel that you’ve got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.
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My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.
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I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that’s come about for a whole variety of reasons.
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Labour completely accepts and recognises the vote to leave the EU. The question is what is the agenda for that process and that needs to be held to account in Parliament now and that means it needs to be open to a vote.
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I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am also the only one capable of drawing support from the whole of the Conservative party.
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I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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I have not watched WAGs World, I have not watched the BBC’s Upstairs, Downstairs, either. It would be Downton Abbey, I think.
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I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.
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