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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.

Theresa May

Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.
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Myself Politics Question Snake
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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Challenge Face Investment Togetherness
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
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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Awake Change Different Politics Possibility Traditional
I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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Myself Past Person Post
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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Benefit Children Concept Discussion Time
I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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Freedom Risk Willing
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
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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Act Call Friendship Known Myself Voice
I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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Clothes Myself Reveal Source
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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Believe Important Institution Marriage Oneself
Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.
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Conservatism Country Interest Leadership Togetherness
I take a very simple view that a violent extremist at some point previously been an extremist, and by definition is an extremist, so you do need to look at that non-violent extremism.
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Point Previous Simplicity View Violence
Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.
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Announcement Public
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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Authority Country Election State
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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Choice Journey People Sort Transformation Travel Way
Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that.
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Burden Change Marriage People Settle
On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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Adoption Change Mindset
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.
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Accountability Day Government Myself Position Thinking
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 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
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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Issues Ourselves Policy Position Torture
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
Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.
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Country President Understand
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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Concern Deal Local Park People Raise Respond Trouble
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
In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
THERESA MAY

Hard Time Pain Share Tough

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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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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