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Tony asked me to stay. It could only have damaged the Prime Minister if I had stayed on.

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the state has a role in helping people through rapid economic change. But not as a permanent safety net.

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I believe that, if the parole board decide it's necessary, such offenders should stay behind bars for the whole of their sentence and then be closely supervised for years after their release.

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Strengthening our identity is one way or reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.

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 British Politician Citizenship

We obviously have the right to go back to Parliament and to say 'We, the sovereign body who are elected, are the only ones in the end who are answerable for the protection of security and stability in our country,'

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 Body

It would give (Conservative leader) David Cameron a boost and allow him to continue his effort to try to occupy our territory.

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 Conservative

If anyone... seriously believes that a further exponential rise in the prison population for short-term prisoners and first-time offenders is the way to ensure our safety then they are sorely deluded.

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 Population

They should go back home and re-create their countries which we have freed from tyranny, whether it is Kosovo or now Afghanistan. I have no sympathy whatsoever with young men in their twenties who do not.

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 Home

I want to go back to a time when I was very young, when you expected the police to be part of the community and the community to be part of policing.

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 Police

None of us believe countering terrorism is about party politics

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