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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
Liz TrussLiz Truss One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.
Liz TrussLiz Truss I love Britain. It really worries me, the prospect of Ed Miliband propped up by Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP and what that could do to our country. It’s absolutely right that we highlight to voters that potential risk.
Liz TrussLiz Truss Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
Liz TrussLiz Truss Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would leave us all paying higher taxes and the economy in tatters.
Liz TrussLiz Truss Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.
Liz TrussLiz Truss 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.
Liz TrussLiz Truss And certainly having gone to Oxford, and seen some of the other students there, I wouldn’t say the ones at my school were less capable. They could’ve been there.
Liz TrussLiz Truss The British brand is so popular particularly in the US that they put the union jack flag on top of beer bottles because it sells.
Liz TrussLiz Truss 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.
Liz TrussLiz Truss In London the average person is paying 50 per cent of their income on rent. Just think how much better off people would feel if that number was a lot lower.
Liz TrussLiz Truss We have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.
Liz TrussLiz Truss It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
Liz TrussLiz Truss Britain is the ideas factory of the world and has huge potential to benefit from the next technological revolution.
Liz TrussLiz Truss I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
Liz TrussLiz Truss The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
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