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.
THERESA MAYDealing 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.
More Theresa May Quotes
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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 will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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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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I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.
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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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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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I was a teenage godmother.
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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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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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National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
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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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Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.
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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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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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