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"It is not clear why other EU member states would give Britain a better deal than they themselves enjoy."
"It will not be possible to do what is right for Britain, to get the best deal we can for our country, unless we are united as a Party and as a Government. That is why I believe so strongly that there needs to be a proper contest with a leader elected by the whole Party with a proper mandate – and no coronation brought about by back-room deals."

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
"It is not clear why other EU member states would give Britain a better deal than they themselves enjoy."
"I believe it is clearly in our national interest to remain a member of the European Union."
"We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country – a vision of a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us."
"The country needs strong leadership and a clear sense of direction, to give confidence to investors, to keep the economy moving, and to keep people in work."
"There should be no general election until 2020. There should be a normal Autumn Statement, held in the normal way at the normal time, and no emergency Budget."
"The reality is that we do not know on what terms we would have access to the single market. We do know that in a negotiation we would need to make concessions in order to access it, and those concessions could well be about accepting EU regulations, over which we would have no say, making financial contributions, just as we do now, accepting free movement rules, just as we do now, or quite possibly all three combined."