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Theresa May

(1956) Politician

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Theresa May is a politician, best known for Abuse of Power.

Quick Facts About Theresa May

Born: October 1, 1956
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Abuse of Power

About Theresa May

Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024, and has been a member of the House of Lords since August 2024. May was the second female British prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher, and the first woman to have held two of the Great Offices of State. May is a one-nation conservative.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Theresa May · Page 2

The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so…

Able

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Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.

Back together

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I want to give [Donald Trump] a very clear picture of the UK. Also, I believe what will come out of this…

Believe

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I have not watched WAGs World, I have not watched the BBC's Upstairs, Downstairs, either. It would be Downton Abbey, I think.

Abbey

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I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have.

Believe

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Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.

Benefits

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There's a whole range of areas that we'll be looking at, so I'm not at this very early stage going to specify…

Agreement

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I want to see an open and tolerant society here in the United Kingdom, I want to see a country that works…

Backgrounds

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No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job…

Bases

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Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.

Doe

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I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my…

Colleagues

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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…

British

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The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters - think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched…

Blair

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Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the…

Bureaucracy

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I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am…

Candidates

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It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.

Always

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These modern means of communication are one reason why I recently opposed the Government's decision to grant MPs a new communications allowance.…

Allowance

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Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America. The UK and the US have shared challenges, shared interests, that…

America

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And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their…

Able

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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.

Pain

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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.

Bureaucracy

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The idea that Parliament somehow wasn't going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.

Able

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We are seeing, we have seen in the last figures a significant drop in the number of net migrants coming into the…

Abuse

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One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new…

Area

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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…

Benefits

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