3 December 2020 Theresa May 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.
3 December 2020 Theresa May Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
3 December 2020 Theresa May No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis.
3 December 2020 Theresa May National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
3 December 2020 Theresa May 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.
3 December 2020 Theresa May A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
3 December 2020 Theresa May I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it’s one of the most important institutions we have.
3 December 2020 Theresa May There’s much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.
3 December 2020 Theresa May 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.
3 December 2020 Theresa May 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.
3 December 2020 Theresa May It’s always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.
3 December 2020 Theresa May We’ve got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.
3 December 2020 Theresa May Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police.
3 December 2020 Theresa May Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.
3 December 2020 Theresa May We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.
