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I'm a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.

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Theresa May
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 1
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Targets don't fight crime.
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Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so.
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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 support selecting as many candidates as early as possible for lots of reasons. First of all I think it is important that every voter - regardless of where they live in the country - should have the opportunity to vote Conservative should they wish.
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We're continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they're going to travel.
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When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.
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For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
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Nobody can guarantee the real terms per pupil funding increase. In the Labour party's manifesto we know the figures don't add up.
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Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
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Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public.
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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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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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One of the issues that has been an issue in how we deal with net migration up until now is that we haven't been able to have any control over freedom of movement from the European Union. We will have that control in the future once we leave the EU.
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Britain and the United States are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence.
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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 want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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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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Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.
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It's only by investing properly in our defense that we can ensure we're properly equipped to face our shared challenges together.
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