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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More Theresa May Quotes
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I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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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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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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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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I want to put the interests of ordinary working people right up there, center stage. Those people who – you know, they’re working all the hours. They’re doing their best for their families and sometimes they just feel the odds are stacked against them.
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My pitch is very simple. I’m Theresa May and I think I’m the best person to be prime minister of this country.
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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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As I say the UK’s position on the issue of torture and the use of torture has not changed. Our policy is the same as it has been. We condemn torture.
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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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Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.
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I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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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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Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.
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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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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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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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A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
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I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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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 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 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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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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I am a vicar’s daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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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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