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The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over.

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Theresa May
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 1
British Politician
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Eastbourne
Sussex
Theresa Mary Brasier
Prime Minister Theresa May
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Prime Minister Theresa Mary May
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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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Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.
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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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Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.
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I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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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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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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I'm convinced that a trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K. is in the national interest of both countries and will cement the crucial relationship that exists between us, particularly as the U.K. leaves the European Union and reaches out to the world.
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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
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You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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I had a cup of tea with Michael Howard after my appointment shortly after I became Home Secretary, and without telling tales out of school, shortly after I became Home Secretary, and he said that when people used to ask him whether he enjoyed it he'd reply that enjoy wasn't quite the right description.
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The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.
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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 disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.
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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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