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.
THERESA MAYI believe it’s important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that’s what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.
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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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We’re getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we’re releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
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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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I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
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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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Dealing 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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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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Targets don’t fight crime.
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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 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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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 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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The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.
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