The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Theresa May is a seasoned political leader who has navigated complex issues such as immigration and public safety during her tenure. This interview reveals her commitment to principled governance and her focus on stability and fairness in the political landscape.
“It was a lie. As it happens, when I put the extra money into the NHS, I think I'm right in saying it was slightly more than was on the figure of the side of the bus. I did believe fundamentally that we should be. Delivering Brexit. I didn't see the referendum about an individual or, as I say, a particular figure.”
“Citizen of nowhere was actually something slightly different. It wasn't about Brexit. But what I said when I said Brexit means Brexit was to get over my absolutely passionate belief that regardless of the fact that it was a close vote, we had to deliver on where the majority had voted.”
“Gosh, that I think, I suppose my instant answer to that would be because I believe in people and I believe in the possibility of people being different. And I'm hopeful, I think, as we were saying earlier, I think we have to work at this.”
“I think one of the lessons is that it is about this sense of speaking when you have something to say. There are international fora where it's X speaks and then you speak and then somebody else speaks and so forth, but it's that sense of not just piling in there for the sake of it. And I think that is a female male thing.”
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