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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

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Theresa May
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 1
British Politician
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Theresa Mary Brasier
Prime Minister Theresa May
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Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.
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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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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 both [with Donald Trump] share a desire to ensure that governments are working for everyone and particularly that governments are working for ordinary working families and working-class families. And I think that's important. That's what I've spoken about.
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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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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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We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
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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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My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.
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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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Britain and the United States are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence.
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I'm sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.
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I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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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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Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.
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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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Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
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The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat and I think it's important to us and I’m personally very pleased that we plan to continue to run candidates in Northern Ireland as well.
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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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