I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.
LIZ TRUSSI had never met anyone of my own age that was a Tory, so going to university and seeing people who were Tories and who believed in what I believed in was an eye-opener.
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When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
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We don’t know what’s around the corner – and we must do everything to ensure we get our country’s debts down, building our resilience so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
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When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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Taking control of our laws border and money, run not by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Brussels but by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Britain. That ladies and gentlemen is a dream worth fighting for.
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And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.
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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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I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.
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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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If John McDonnell nationalised whole industries, they would be quickly taken over by bureaucrats more concerned about their careers than about customers.
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I was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.
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Economics and finance is the final frontier for women; it’s the last thing they will conquer because controlling finance is at the heart of everything in government.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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The free market is fundamentally humane and democratic, driven by ideas and millions of individual choices about what to do with our money which defy those who benefit from the status quo.
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If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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I’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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When I travel around the country, I see great companies with new ideas and a can-do attitude. But too often they are in hand-to-hand and pen-to-paper combat with officialdom.
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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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They all want us to get Brexit done so that we can begin negotiations and forge new relationships that will open up new markets for British businesses, create jobs and attract new investment.
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Trade is critical to us all – it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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Schools receive 12% more per student for those doing media studies or psychology than they do for those doing maths. You could change that around, made a premium on doing maths.
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We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.
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Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.
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I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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I think every woman in this country will understand what it means to be mansplained to. It happens in everyday life – you know, if you go into a shop, or you’re talking about finance.
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