Quotes About Theresa May

Theresa May... is ideally placed to implement Brexit on the best possible terms for the British people, and she has promised she will do so.

I believe that Theresa May is going to end up with a botched Brexit that will satisfy no one and make sure that calls for a people's vote on the final Brexit deal will only get louder.

Ever since Theresa May's premiership, I have become suspicious of the 'lectern moment'. That is when the prime minister steps outside Downing Street to address the nation on Brexit.

Ultimately, if BEIS fails in the historic tasks Theresa May has given it, we will all pay a heavy price.

The Conservatives have been unusually badly led by David Cameron and Theresa May.

Theresa May is singularly unsuited for high office and lacks political talent.

Theresa May has much to answer for, but it is not her fault that she couldn't square the circle of the Brexiteers' lies: nobody could.

The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.

I believe Theresa May has failed as leader of our party, which she threatens to destroy.

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.

Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do.

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.

I've met Theresa May, and I think she's a good person. I'm not someone who goes, 'Ooooh, boooo, the Tories,' or 'Ooooh, boo' anyone, actually. You sit down and have a sensible conversation, and she is really, really capable of having a sensible conversation.

There must be no attempts to remain inside the E.U., no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum.

I get cross about 13 years of Labour government that brought the country to the state it did.

Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it.

So, let me be very clear —right here, right now: If Theresa May brings back a deal that fails our tests - and that looks increasingly likely — Labour will vote against it. No ifs, no buts.

Reducing net E.U. migration need not mean undermining the principle of free movement. When it was first enshrined, free movement meant the freedom to move to a job, not the freedom to cross borders to look for work or claim benefits.

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.

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.

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.

I think we all agree that the comments Donald Trump made in relation to Muslims were divisive, unhelpful and wrong.

Theresa May's decision to call an unnecessary general election after Article 50 was triggered was deeply irresponsible.

As I reflect on the results of election I will reflect on what we need to do in the future to take the party forward.