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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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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The rules that the United States introduce will be obviously be rules for the United States, but I’m very clear about the opportunities I expect everyone in the UK to have. I will be representing the interests of everyone in the UK on a whole range of things we will talk about.
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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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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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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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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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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 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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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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I’m not someone who feels anger on particular issues.
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I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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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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We’re continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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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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I’d personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.
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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they’re going to travel.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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I think major reorganisation is not something the government’s about to do.
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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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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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 a teenage godmother.
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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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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 want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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