It’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.
LIZ TRUSSI 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.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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I think we’ve got caught up in the weeds of Brexit, and… the approach has been to try and compromise and split the difference. And that to me is not what Brexit is about.
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Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.
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It’s vital to our economic mission that we fight vested interests, and make sure our country’s opportunities are open to everyone – big or small, north or south, man or woman.
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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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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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We are fighting a Labour Party whose avowed enemy is capitalist bosses, whose instinct is to see income as a common pool resource, and whose leading figures find profit morally repugnant.
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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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Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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The fact that Australians want to come and live and work in Britain, and Brits want to come and live and work in Australia.
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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.
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Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don’t know if you’ve tasted crisps in other countries.
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We’ve been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs.
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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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