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My concern is to make sure that there is a voice in this competition representing the views that I hold : that we need to resolve the Brexit impasse in a way that protects our businesses and our jobs.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
(European Commission) President (Jean-Claude) Juncker followed Prime Minister May's announcement this morning without personal joy, the President very much liked and appreciated working with Prime Minister May. He will equally respect and establish working relations with any new prime minister, whomever it may be. Our position on the withdrawal agreement — there is no change to that.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The whole House will welcome the news this morning that the Metropolitan Police have arrested Julian Assange, arrested for breach of bail after nearly seven years in the Ecuadorean embassy.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I know that there is huge frustration from many people that I had to request this extension, but the choices we now face are stark and the timetable is clear. So we must now press on at pace with our efforts to reach consensus on a deal that is in the national interest.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That is not good enough, and it is time to do things differently, we have listened to campaigners and parents, and are putting a legal duty of care on internet companies to keep people safe.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have no choice but to reach out across the House of Commons, the referendum was not fought along party lines and people I speak to on the doorstep tell me they expect their politicians to work together when the national interest demands it.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This debate, this division can not drag on much longer. It is putting members of Parliament and everyone else under immense pressure, and it is doing damage to our politics.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This is a decisive moment in the story of these islands and it requires national unity to deliver the national interest.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think we need to carry on looking at how we get the support for that deal.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The legal default now is that the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on April 12.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this House, the implications of the House's decision are grave.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
On Monday, This House will continue the process to see if there is a stable majority for a particular alternative version of our future relationship with the The EU, this House has rejected no deal. This House has rejected no Brexit. On Wednesday it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table. And today it has rejected approving the Withdrawal Agreement alone and continuing a process on the future.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The European Union has been clear that any further extension will need to have a clear purpose and will need to be agreed unanimously by the heads of the other 27 member States ahead of 12 April, it is also almost certain to involve the UK being required to hold European parliamentary elections.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and Democratic Unionist Party.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
No government could give a blank check to commit to an outcome without knowing what it is, so I cannot commit the government to delivering the outcome of any votes held by this house.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I know that I will have to do more to convince others, as well as the DUP, if I am to succeed in finally securing a majority for the deal.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If the proposal were to go back to square one and negotiate a new deal, that would mean a much longer extension – almost certainly requiring the United Kingdom to participate in the European Parliament elections in May, the idea of the British people going to the polls to elect MEPs three years after voting to leave the EU hardly bears thinking about. There could be no more potent symbol of parliament's collective political failure.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We must not, and I will not, frustrate what was the largest democratic exercise in this country's history, in the very final stages of this process, the worst thing we could do is lose our focus.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It feels like some major values that we all share in Europe have been undermined for whatever shady reasons, so to just, you know, blindly keep going in the direction of a cliff like lemmings, I don't get it. All I know is I'm not going to be a winner out of this situation.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
So now MPs have made clear what they don't want, we must all work constructively together to set out what Parliament does want, it will not be an easy task, but MPs know they have a duty to act in the national interest, reach a consensus and get this done.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I became prime minister immediately after that referendum, i believe it is my duty to deliver on their instruction, and I intend to do so.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It is clear that the House does not support this deal, but tonight's vote tells us nothing about what it does support, ... nothing about how - or even if - it intends to honour the decision the British people took in a referendum parliament decided to hold.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think that everybody in this House, particularly in its 100th year, the anniversary of women getting the vote, should be aiming to encourage women to come into this chamber and to stand in this chamber, and should therefore use appropriate language in this chamber when they are referring to female members.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I know there are a range of very strongly held personal views on this issue across the House and I respect all of them, but expressing our personal views is not what we are here to do. We asked the British people to take this decision.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
But I've also heard loud and clear the concerns of those who didn't feel able to support me.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We must get this right, let's hold nothing in reserve. Let's work together intensively to get this deal over the line in best interest of all our people.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Let me tell you -- it wasn't like that in my day, just as millions of Britons celebrated their nation's great achievements in 1951, we want to showcase what makes our country great today.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I want to announce the publication of the UK's combat air strategy, which confirms our commitment to maintaining our world-class air power capabilities.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We will take back control of our borders, our laws and our money. But we will do so in a way that is good for business and good for our future prosperity.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Theresa May told me I should sue the European Union, sue European Union. Not go into negotiations - sue them.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Over the years, overall, immigration has been good for the UK. It has brought people with different backgrounds, different outlooks here to the UK.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The UK has a proud history of welcoming people who are fleeing persecution to our country, we have a proud history of welcoming people who want to come to our country to contribute to our economy and contribute to our society.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We agreed today that as the UK leaves the European Union we will pursue an ambitious U.S.-UK free trade agreement, the Chequers agreement reached last week provides the platform for Donald and me to pursue an ambitious deal that works for both countries right across our economies.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The spirit of friendship and cooperation between our countries, our leaders and our people, that most special of relationships, has a long and proud history.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Mr. President, Sir Winston Churchill once said that 'to have the United States at our side was, to me, the greatest joy', the spirit of friendship and cooperation between our countries, our leaders and our people, that most special of relationships, has a long and proud history.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
As we prepare to leave the European Union, we have an unprecedented opportunity to do more, it's an opportunity to reach a free trade agreement that creates jobs and growth here in the UK and right across the United States.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Mr President, Sir Winston Churchill once said that 'to have the United States at our side was, to me, the greatest joy', the spirit of friendship and co-operation between our countries, our leaders and our people, that most special of relationships, has a long and proud history. Now, for the benefit of all our people, let us work together to build a more prosperous future.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Our trade and investment relationship is unrivalled – we are the largest investors in each other's economies, this week we have an opportunity to deepen this unique trading relationship and begin discussions about how we will forge a strengthened, ambitious and future-proof trade partnership.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We will be deploying an additional 440 personnel to NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and I think that shows when NATO calls, the UK is one of the first to step up.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
There is no stronger alliance than that of our special relationship with the U.S. and there will be no alliance more important in the years ahead.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Our trade and investment relationship is unrivalled – we are the largest investors in each other's economies and every day a million British people go to work for U.S. companies in the UK and a million Americans go to work for UK companies in the U.S., this week we have an opportunity to deepen this unique trading relationship and begin discussions about how we will forge a strengthened, ambitious and future-proof trade partnership.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
In committing additional troops to the Train Advise Assist operation in Afghanistan we have underlined once again that when NATO calls the UK is among the first to answer, nATO is as vital today as it ever has been and our commitment to it remains steadfast. The Alliance can rely on the UK to lead by example.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I'm looking forward to seeing President Trump... There's much for us to discuss, there are particular issues between the European Union and the United States because of the trade tariffs issue... we'll be talking positively about how we can continue to work together in our special relationship.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
This is not a betrayal ... I believe that is what people voted for when they voted to leave and we will deliver in faith with the British people.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
What we are proposing is challenging for the EU, it requires them to think again, to look beyond the positions they have taken so far and agree a new and fair balance of rights and obligations.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Over that time, I've listened to every possible idea and every possible version of Brexit. Mr Speaker, this is the right Brexit.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
In the two years since the referendum, we have had a spirited national debate, with robust views echoing around the cabinet table as they have on breakfast tables up and down the country, over that time, I've listened to every possible idea and every possible version of Brexit. Mr Speaker, this is the right Brexit.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
That is not something that this country voted for, it is not what the prime minister promised.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We have a special and longstanding relationship with the United States and I think it is right -- there will be a range of issues I will be discussing with President Trump ... and I think it’s important that we make sure that when we see the president of the United States here in the United Kingdom we’re able to have those discussions.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
When we disagree with the United States, we tell them so, but we also have some key shared interests with the United States, in the security and defense field and in other areas as well, and it is right that we are able to sit down and discuss those with the president of a country with which we have had a longstanding... special relationship.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The pictures of children being held in what appear to be cages are deeply disturbing, this is wrong, this is not something that we agree with, and this is not the United Kingdom's approach.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We will use this day to encourage and support young people in achieving their dreams, and to reflect on Stephen's life, death and the positive change he has inspired.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
So there is no practicable alternative to the use of force to degrade and deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalized – either within Syria, on the streets of the UK or elsewhere.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
This is not about intervening in a civil war. It is not about regime change.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
They have provided no credible explanation, instead they have treated the use of a military grade nerve agent in Europe with sarcasm, contempt and defiance.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
All who have been identified as declared intelligence officers : they have just one week to leave, this will be the single biggest expulsion for over 30 years and it will reflect the fact that this is not the first time the Russian state has acted against our country.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This attempted murder using a weapons-grade nerve agent in a British town was not just a crime against the Skripals, it was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the United Kingdom, putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
All who have been identified as declared intelligence officers: they have just one week to leave, this will be the single biggest expulsion for over 30 years and it will reflect the fact that this is not the first time the Russian state has acted against our country.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This will be the single biggest expulsion for over 30 years and it will reflect the fact that this is not the first time the Russian state has acted against our country.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We are not renegotiating the Paris agreement, that stays, but I want to see the U.S. looking for ways to rejoin it.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I think Sadiq Khan is doing a good job and it's wrong to say anything else - Sadiq Khan's doing a good job.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I've been very clear, I've been very happy to say when I think President Trump is wrong -- to have taken America out of the climate change agreement, the Paris agreement, so I'm not afraid to say when I think President Trump is getting things wrong.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
We are aware that a number of NHS (National Health Service) organizations have reported they have suffered from a ransomware attack, this is not targeted at the NHS. It is an international attack. A number of countries and organizations have been affected.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
What we've seen today from Labour is, I think, their seventh Brexit plan.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
On the issue of Brexit, the country is coming together but Westminster is not.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I'm not going to be calling a snap election, i've been very clear that I think we need that period of time, that stability, to be able to deal with the issues that the country is facing and have that election in 2020.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
If we do not hold a general election now, their political game playing will continue.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I hope people see me as a woman leader and will see what women can achieve.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
This is not a threat. This is a statement of the fact that this would be harmful for both of us, not one of us, it's an argument for having a deal. That's the point. That's what we're after.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
This is an historic moment for which there can be no turning back. Britain is leaving the European Union.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
He was a husband and a father, killed doing a job he loved. He was every inch a hero, and his actions will never be forgotten, keith was a genuinely nice person ; nobody had a bad word to say about him.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I have been clear that we will make a success of the UK's departure from the European Union, that means it must work for Northern Ireland too, including in relation to the border with the Republic.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It happened rather quickly ... It's such a different transition arrangement than in the United States, i am amazed it happens so fast - how do you have time to pack everything?
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I want to see an energy policy that emphasizes the reliability of supply and lower costs for users.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This vote shows that the Conservative Party can come together, and under my leadership it will.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Brexit means Brexit, the campaign was fought, the vote was held, turnout was high and the public gave their verdict. There must be no attempts to remain inside the EU, no attempts to rejoin it through the back door and no second referendum.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They are now taking place at the various ports of exit and in a variety of ways, according to how the information about someone’s exit is being held.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
An internet connection record is a record of the communications service that a person has used - not a record of every web page they have accessed, it is simply the modern equivalent of an itemized phone bill.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It will provide the strongest safeguards and world-leading oversight arrangements, and it will give the men and women of our security and intelligence agencies and our law enforcement agencies... the powers they need to protect our country.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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