Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.
THERESA MAYWhether an MP is a woman or a man, it’s about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.
More Theresa May Quotes
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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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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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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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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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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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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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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’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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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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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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My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.
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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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Targets don’t fight crime.
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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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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 idea that Parliament somehow wasn’t going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.
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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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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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Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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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 internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.
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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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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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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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