I often say you can sit in Westminster and read a briefing about what people are doing, or you can go and see it for yourself, and there is no substitute for coming to see it for yourselves.
Addressing staff at a defence contractor.
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In six and a half years, I took our party from a historic defeat in 2019, changed it so it was fit to face the country and won a landslide general election victory in 2024.
It’s work I started before I became an MP and it’s work I’m keen to continue after I’m an MP.
I will now focus on other things and that will be international affairs including defence, security, trade and technology in a fast-changing world.
I think once you’ve been prime minister, it’s important to answer the question: what are you going to do next? Having decided I’m going to concentrate on international affairs, I think it’s right to step down.
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