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We have to share responsibility for the economy.

With a smaller Singaporean base, actually I can invest more per person, train them more, train them more intensively, build the structure to enable them to get access to reskilling resources more quickly, help companies, incentivise them…

Our population is ageing very quickly. Our (total fertility rate) is abysmal.

The centre of gravity will shift from the pre-employment stage, away from schools, away from universities, to in-employment – when you are going for retraining more often, or when you are in between jobs, doing more training and reskilling…

For many of us … where you work for one organisation and one job for a long time, that's not going to happen for my kid, not going to happen for the next generation of Singaporeans.

Den socialdemokratiska regeringen i Spanien får nu inte göra samma misstag som Socialdemokraterna i Sverige 2015 – där ett nej inte är ett nej

The Social Democratic government in Spain must not make the same mistake as the Social Democrats in Sweden in 2015 – where a no is not a no.

Vi utesluter inte att vidta de åtgärder som krävs för att 2015 inte ska hända igen

We do not rule out taking the measures necessary to prevent 2015 from happening again.

This perspective is not personality or administration dependent … because we believe in a long-term, dependable, reliable relationship that we want to see with the US.

We want to be able to work with the US on a constructive relationship, not just bilaterally, but also between the US and ASEAN, so that we can have a more peaceful and prosperous region.

You cannot control what other people do, people can be erratic, people can have different considerations across different time frames but if we are consistent in the way we plan and execute, it becomes, what I call a very important…

In a lot of these issues, it is complacency that dulls our senses to respond.

Complacency could dull Singapore's ability to respond to emerging threats.

The Constitution states very clearly that someone becomes a candidate only if they have the support signatures of 21 members of the Riigikogu. Candidates themselves must therefore secure those signatures. If they receive them, they are…

I would hope that, for the sake of the quality of the discussion, all the parties that come to the Council of Elders meeting will already have a very clear position on who their potential candidate will be in the upcoming election, so that…

Att gripa grovt kriminella utomlands är brottsförebyggande på riktigt. Och vårt budskap till kriminella som gömmer sig utomlands är detta: ni är inte säkra någonstans.

To arrest serious criminals abroad is truly crime prevention. And our message to criminals hiding abroad is this: you are not safe anywhere.

That’s why we’re doubling the number of NCA officers, because we know that this is the work we need to do in order to secure our border.

I’m doing whatever it takes to secure our border.

Even if Farage does manage to face down Count Binface in this pointless by-election, he won’t be able to wriggle out of the formal investigations or the prospect of a second by-election.