I admire Peter Mandleson’s chutzpah and the way he transformed the Labour party but not his dubious ideas about Europe and industrial policy.
LIZ TRUSSBritain and the US remain the Wild West for ideas, where pioneers push each other towards ever greater heights in the white heat of free enterprise.
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People won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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What you notice in French nurseries is just how calm they are. All of their classes are structured and led by teachers. It’s a requirement.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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It’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.
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Choice is a national instinct. This capitalist bedrock of our prosperity and security is threatened by a Labour Party that wants to overthrow the whole system.
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I agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and the size of the state in check, to allow people to spend more of their own money.
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We need to give people another option from 16-18. Not everyone is going to want to become a rocket scientist but that doesn’t mean that maths isn’t extremely useful.
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What I saw when I went to France was that really good quality education and childcare is seen there as a completely normal part of everyday life.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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In order to retain our position as the dynamic duo of the world, it’s vital that in the UK and US we keep opportunities open for new people and new ideas. And we can never allow our economies to get furred up.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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I want people to buy British because it’s the tastiest food and the most exciting food.
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Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is.
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