#britain

One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period. ↗

— Theresa May

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Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that. ↗

— Theresa May

#allowed #becoming #been #being #britain

Starting with the highest-risk countries, and focusing on the route to Britain that is widely abused, student visas, we will increase the number of interviews to considerably more than 100,000, starting next financial year. From there, we will extend the interviewing programme further across all routes to Britain, wherever the evidence takes us. ↗

— Theresa May

#britain #considerably #countries #evidence #extend

We should be the natural home for younger voters. But today we're not. Because too often we sound like people who just don't like contemporary Britain. ↗

— Francis Maude

#britain #contemporary #home #just #like

Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there. ↗

— Catherine McCormack

#bad #britain #desperate #film #film industry

Will isn't a screaming queen - that's Jack's part. They needed someone to play the part for America. It's just not the same as Britain. To have a gay character as a lead is risky. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#britain #character #gay #jack #just

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#american #american life #basic #became #britain

Our work in Britain suggests that radicalization is driven by an ideology which claims that Muslims around the world are being oppressed and - and this is the key bit of the argument - which then legitimizes violence in their supposed defense. ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#around #being #bit #britain #claims

A global deal will only be possible if Britain plays its part, leading the way with other developed countries. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#countries #deal #developed #developed countries #global

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#britain #compete #creative #developed #economy