Theresa May Quotes
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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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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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Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.
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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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The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.
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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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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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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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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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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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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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Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.
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Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.
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You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes.
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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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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 there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.
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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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Local people do want to see more police on the streets.
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We're continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain's national interest that the EU should succeed.
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I think major reorganisation is not something the government's about to do.
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Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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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.