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.
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 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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I’m not someone who feels anger on particular issues.
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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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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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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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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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What happened in the United States election is not a matter for the United Kingdom, it is a matter for the United States and the United States authorities.
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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.
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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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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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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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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 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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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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I have not watched WAGs World, I have not watched the BBC’s Upstairs, Downstairs, either. It would be Downton Abbey, I think.
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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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The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.
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I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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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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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 think major reorganisation is not something the government’s about to do.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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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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Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
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