Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.

You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional.

Goalkeeping in women's football is catching up slowly. It is continuing to modernise, improving technically and physically.

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise Britain.

If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.

But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency.

We need to continue to modernise current humanitarian work while at the same time drive a more systemic shift in how we envision the operation and financing of humanitarian solutions.

But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public.

I want to see traditional policing with a modern flavour. I am completely committed to local, visible policing, but we have to modernise. There are such opportunities for people to interact with police through the digital sphere that we have not achieved yet.

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