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" Local people do want to see more police on the streets. "
Theresa May
See
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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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" If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them. "
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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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" Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed. "
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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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" So we mustn't lower our guard in any sense because of what has happened in terms of the death of Osama Bin Laden and we are certainly not doing that. The terror threat level here in the U.K. remains at severe and we're very conscious of the need to continue that. "
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" You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause. "
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" I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds. "
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" Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't. "
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" I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas. "
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" My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking. "
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" I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government. "
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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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Me
Lunch
" It does not make sense that everybody should duplicate efforts when we could be working together. "
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" Tax credits do not help people get better jobs; in fact, they can create poverty traps that actually disincentivise people from working more hours or finding a better paid job. "
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" Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do. "
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Finish
British
Job
" Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid. "
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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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" 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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" I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have. "
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Marriage
I Believe
" In our fields, on our fishing vessels, in our factories and our homes, there are people deprived of their freedom and trapped in a life of unimaginable suffering. "
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" I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues. "
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" If you can speak English, and you can get a place on a proper course at a proper university, you can come to study in Britain. "
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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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" There must be no attempts to remain inside the E.U., no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum. "
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" Poverty is not just about income: it's about aspiration. It's not just about giving people a couple of extra pounds a week, welcome though that is. "
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" Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it. "
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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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" Police reform is working, and crime is falling. "
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