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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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Theresa May
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 1
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Theresa Mary Brasier
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Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.
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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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As I've said previously as home secretary, dealing with immigration isn't just a single issue and a single measure and a single step that you take. You've got to keep working at that over time.
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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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As we conduct our negotiations it must be a priority to allow British companies to trade with the single market in goods and services but also, to regain more control of the numbers of people who are coming here from Europe.
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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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My pitch is very simple. I'm Theresa May and I think I'm the best person to be prime minister of this country.
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