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One of the issues that has been an issue in how we deal with net migration up until now is that we haven’t been able to have any control over freedom of movement from the European Union. We will have that control in the future once we leave the EU.

Theresa May

The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over.
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Country Day Image Interview World
It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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Interest Remain Success
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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Operation Police Power Review
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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Job Oneself Time
You can’t solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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Legal Problem Solve Yourself
I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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Freedom Risk Willing
Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.
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Democracy Endurance Enterprise Freedom Relationship Value
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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Acceptance Attempt Candidate Leadership Public
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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Candidate Capable Conservatism Drawing Minister Myself Party
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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Family Feeling Interest Myself Ordinary People Work
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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Act Human Immigrant Known Myself Right Story
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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Acceptance Need Open Process Recognition Vote
The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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Actor Honesty Politician Public
In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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Hard Time Pain Share Tough
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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Election Future Myself Party Reflection
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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Issues Man Politics Realize Vote Wake Up
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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Job Man Quality Woman
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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Drinking Job Judgement Parliament Politics Record
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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Country Myself Open See Tolerance Work
As I’ve said previously as home secretary, dealing with immigration isn’t just a single issue and a single measure and a single step that you take. You’ve got to keep working at that over time.
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Home Measurement Myself Secretary Time Work Yourself
I’m sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.
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Blame Government Myself People Sick Simplicity Tired Wrong
What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis.
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Balance Believe Clear Important Myself Tradition Treat Work
Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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Country Open Tolerance
We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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Avoid Budget Parliament Rise Tax
There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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Behavior Crime Social
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.
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Feeling Impose People Requirement Restriction
Targets don’t fight crime.
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Crime Fight Target

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