Theresa May Quotes
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We're continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.
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I'm going to be very clear in everything we do. I believe the special relationship is important to us, it's important more widely across Europe and the world. But I will also be very clear in the decisions I take and the conversations I have about UK interests. I'm not going to say anything different to Donald Trump to what I'm saying to you in terms of UK interests and where those lie.
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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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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I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.
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Britain and the United States are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence.
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There's a whole range of areas that we'll be looking at, so I'm not at this very early stage going to specify any particular areas. As you will know, there will be a limit to how far we can go in terms of a formal free trade agreement until we've actually left the European Union. I think there is much that we with Donald Trump can do in the interim in terms of looking at how we can remove some of the barriers to trade in a number of areas.
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Starting with the highest-risk countries, and focusing on the route to Britain that is widely abused, student visas, we will increase the number of interviews to considerably more than 100,000, starting next financial year. From there, we will extend the interviewing programme further across all routes to Britain, wherever the evidence takes us.
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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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I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.
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I think that special relationship between the UK and the US has been an important part of security across the world particularly to the West.
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What I'm clear about is that we have an opportunity through this early meeting with Donald Trump to start that process of building on that special relationship, that special relationship which is on our national interest, and I think that we can together not just build that special relationship but do it in a way that is good for both for us and good more widely.
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Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.
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The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.
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Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.
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These modern means of communication are one reason why I recently opposed the Government's decision to grant MPs a new communications allowance. With new technology giving us the opportunity to communicate directly with voters very cheaply, why did Labour MPs vote for a £10,000 allowance to tell voters what a good job they do?
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We're committed to NATO. From the conversations I've already had with President Donald Trump over the phone, he has shown to me his commitment to NATO as well.
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I think major reorganisation is not something the government's about to do.
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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.
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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.
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If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.