When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
LIZ TRUSSAnd 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.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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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’m a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.
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I’m saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.
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I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.
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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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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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Every pound that comes into the Exchequer was earned by someone through hard work, and could have been used for a new car, a holiday or a treat for the children.
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Britain 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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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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I want to see popular free-market Conservatism where barriers are broken down, people have got more opportunities but keep more of their own money.
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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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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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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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We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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