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Theresa May

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.
THERESA MAY

Deliver Gesture Important Myself Thinking
If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
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Class Family Ordinary People Politics Realize Working
In seats where perhaps we don’t expect to win at the next general election, the new infrastructure gives us a chance to win local council seats and to build a campaigning base which could help us to win in the future.
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Build Chance Expectation Future Infrastructure Win Winning
Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.
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Conservatism Country Interest Leadership Togetherness
Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public.
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Acceptance Attempt Candidate Leadership Public
I know I’m not a showy politician. I don’t go drinking in parliament’s bars. I don’t wear my heart on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me and you can judge me by my record.
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Drinking Job Judgement Parliament Politics Record
Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.
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Control Deliver Myself People
My pitch is very simple. I’m Theresa May and I think I’m the best person to be prime minister of this country.
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Country Myself Pitch Simplicity Thinking
The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters – think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair’s rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.
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Attempt Catch Communication Embarrassing Internet Politics
I’m sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.
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Blame Government Myself People Sick Simplicity Tired Wrong
Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so.
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Awake Change Different Politics Possibility Traditional
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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Candidate Capable Conservatism Drawing Minister Myself Party
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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Benefit Children Concept Discussion Time
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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Issues Ourselves Policy Position Torture
Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it’s about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.
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Job Man Quality Woman
I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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Myself Past Person Post
On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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Adoption Change Mindset
Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
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Country Crime Technology Terrorist
It’s only by investing properly in our defense that we can ensure we’re properly equipped to face our shared challenges together.
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Challenge Face Investment Togetherness
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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Civil Government Liberty National Security
A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
THERESA MAY

Issues Man Politics Realize Vote Wake Up
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.
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Grail Holy Number People Point Talk
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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Acceptance Need Open Process Recognition Vote
I want to put the interests of ordinary working people right up there, center stage. Those people who – you know, they’re working all the hours. They’re doing their best for their families and sometimes they just feel the odds are stacked against them.
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Family Feeling Interest Myself Ordinary People Work
I was a teenage godmother.
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Mother Myself Teen
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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Believe Defense Important Interest National Strong
Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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Country Open Tolerance

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