I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am also the only one capable of drawing support from the whole of the Conservative party.
THERESA MAYI will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It’s all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
More Theresa May Quotes
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I believe it’s important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that’s what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.
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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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Targets don’t fight crime.
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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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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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I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It’s all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
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Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police.
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I was a teenage godmother.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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You can’t solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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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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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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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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My pitch is very simple. I’m Theresa May and I think I’m the best person to be prime minister of this country.
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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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Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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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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We’re continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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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’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 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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If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
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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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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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My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.
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