“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.”

— Theresa May

Speech declaring bid for the Conservative Party leadership http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-mays-tory-leadership-launch-statement-full-text-a7111026.html (30 June 2016)
Variant: We have a mission to make Britain a country that works not for the privileged and not for the few but for every one of our citizens.

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