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.
THERESA MAYThe idea that Parliament somehow wasn’t going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.
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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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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I’m not someone who feels anger on particular issues.
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People feel that they’re being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
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I am a vicar’s daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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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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You can’t solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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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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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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Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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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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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 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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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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I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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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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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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I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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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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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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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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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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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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Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
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Nobody can guarantee the real terms per pupil funding increase. In the Labour party’s manifesto we know the figures don’t add up.
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