Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It’s about how those police are deployed.
THERESA MAYI 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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I want to see an open and tolerant society here in the United Kingdom, I want to see a country that works for everyone whatever their background.
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One of the issues that has been an issue in how we deal with net migration up until now is that we haven’t been able to have any control over freedom of movement from the European Union. We will have that control in the future once we leave the EU.
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The idea that Parliament somehow wasn’t going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.
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I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution; it’s one of the most important institutions we have.
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People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What’s happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.
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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.
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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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You can’t solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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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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The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government’s negotiating position is on Brexit.
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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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The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.
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People feel that they’re being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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