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.
THERESA MAYTying money up for 40 years doesn’t sound appealing when you are young.
More Theresa May Quotes
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I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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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’d personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.
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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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Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.
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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 will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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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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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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I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
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I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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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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Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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I 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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