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 TRUSSI’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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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 have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
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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 absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.
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From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US – the world wants what Britain has to sell.
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Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.
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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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We had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to ‘boring’ meetings.
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People won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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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.
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If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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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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I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
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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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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.
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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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We are working hard at home and on the international stage to further identify the problems on the horizon and to ensure we reboot trade post-Covid-19.
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I 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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I hate rodents. I mean, the House of Commons is completely infested. I will stand on a chair if I see one of the things.
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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.
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Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.
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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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A UK-Australia trade deal won’t just be a good thing, it’ll be a great thing, for our businesses, for our consumers, for our workers and for our two great countries.
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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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