I want to challenge those who aim to block change, stop development and restrict success. I want to challenge the caution that strangles risk-takers and go-getters.
LIZ TRUSSWomen need to be less squeamish about making money.
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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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When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
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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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It is right that people and businesses retain as much of their own money as possible so that they have the freedom to innovate and invest in the future.
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It’s a merger of home life and work life. They aren’t that separate, I must confess, and my daughters know an awful lot about childcare reform now because of it.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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I’m proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May’s Brexit plans.
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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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People want to know about the details of politicians, what they like doing in their spare time, about their families. I think that’s human.
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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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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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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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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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I admire Peter Mandleson’s chutzpah and the way he transformed the Labour party but not his dubious ideas about Europe and industrial policy.
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When we’ve looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it’s just been impossible. You just cannot get one.
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I have to admit I don’t like pizza. I love it. And I am prepared to do literally anything to get my hands on a slice.
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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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In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
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It’s absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.
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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.
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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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Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.
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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 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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