Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public.
THERESA MAYLabour 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.
More Theresa May Quotes
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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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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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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 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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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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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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I was a teenage godmother.
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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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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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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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Tying money up for 40 years doesn’t sound appealing when you are young.
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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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People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What’s happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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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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As I reflect on the results of election I will reflect on what we need to do in the future to take the party forward.
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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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My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.
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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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I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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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 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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I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It’s all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
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