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" I grew up the daughter of a local vicar and the granddaughter of a regimental sergeant major. "
Theresa May
Up
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Grew
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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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" We are seeing, we have seen in the last figures a significant drop in the number of net migrants coming into the United Kingdom. So we are cutting out abuse, we've restricted the number of economic - non-EU economic migrants. We're cutting out abuse across the student visa system, particularly, and we're having an impact. "
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" Targets don't fight crime. "
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" People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond. "
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" Many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices and benefit a great deal from the guidance they offer. "
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" 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. "
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" Nobody wins when the police are sent to look after people suffering from mental health problems; vulnerable people don't get the care they need and deserve, and the police can't get on with the job they are trained to do. "
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" I'm very fortunate. My husband is hugely supportive, and he is very happy getting on with his career. "
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" In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain. "
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" I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government. "
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" I think if you talk to anybody who would like to have had children... I mean, you look at families all the time and you see there is something there that you don't have. "
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" Retailers have an important part to play in preventing knife crime - enforcing age restrictions and displaying knives safely is crucial. "
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" What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing. "
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" It is essential to democracy that the elected representatives of the people make the laws that govern this country - and not the judges. "
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People
Laws
" We have to ask ourselves, is it really right that the E.U. should just continue to expand, conferring upon all new member states all the rights of membership? "
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" If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the priority must be to avoid tax increases. They would disrupt consumption, employment and investment. "
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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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" There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. "
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" I'm not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes. "
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" I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England. "
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" My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country. "
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" We are all different. We all have different circumstances, and you have to cope with whatever it is, try not to dwell on things. "
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" I don't tour the TV studios. I don't gossip over lunch. I don't drink in Parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve. I just get on with the job in front of me. "
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