I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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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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I believe one of the main roles of Government is to keep our economy free and fair.
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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
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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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I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.
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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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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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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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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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I feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.
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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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The teachers at my school were quite often card-carrying members of the Labour Party and it just was not part of the culture to approve of what the government was doing.
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Women are not going to start businesses because we tell them we don’t have enough people of a certain group.
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I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.
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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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