Theresa May Quotes
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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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You have a job but you don't always have job security, you have your own home but you worry about mortgage rates going up, you can just about manage but you worry about the cost of living and the quality of the local school because there is no other choice for you.rankly, not everybody in Westminster understands what it's like to live like this and some need to be told that it isn't a game.
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Is the Conservative Party still the Nasty Party? I said it was perceived as the Nasty Party. And is it? I don't think that it's a phrase that people today would apply to the Party. I think that the perception of the Party has changed.
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I disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.
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Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America. The UK and the US have shared challenges, shared interests, that we can work together to deal with. We have a special relationship, it's longstanding, it's existed through many different prime ministers and presidents. I want to build on that relationship.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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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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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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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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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society.
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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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The rules that the United States introduce will be obviously be rules for the United States, but I'm very clear about the opportunities I expect everyone in the UK to have. I will be representing the interests of everyone in the UK on a whole range of things we will talk about.
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I think that probably in some areas the Labour message about some of the things that they said we were going to do - and which we weren't going to do - cut through.
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right.
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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'm a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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We're at the start of the process of talking about a trade deal. We're both very clear that we want a trade deal. It will be in the interests of the UK from my point of view, that's what I'm going to be taking in, into the trade discussions that take place in due course. Obviously Donald Trump will have the interests of the US. I believe we can come to an agreement that is in the interests of both.
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We're continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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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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The relationship of the United States with Mexico is a matter for the United States and Mexico.
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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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Britain is an open and tolerant country.