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.
THERESA MAYDealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can’t be right.
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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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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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We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act. About the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
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I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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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’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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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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Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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Tying money up for 40 years doesn’t sound appealing when you are young.
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Nobody can guarantee the real terms per pupil funding increase. In the Labour party’s manifesto we know the figures don’t add up.
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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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Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.
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I know there are some voices calling for a punitive deal that punishes Britain. That would be an act of calamitous self-harm for the countries of Europe, and it would not be the act of a friend.
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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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