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 MAYI 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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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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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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Tying money up for 40 years doesn’t sound appealing when you are young.
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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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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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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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Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.
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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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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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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’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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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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The idea that Parliament somehow wasn’t going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.
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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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The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters – think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair’s rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.
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