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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More Theresa May Quotes
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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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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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We’re getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we’re releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
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I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.
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Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.
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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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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 look forward to continuing the debate about Britain’s future – in Parliament and across the country.
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The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.
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Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can’t be right.
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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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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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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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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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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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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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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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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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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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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 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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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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You can’t solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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