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.
LIZ TRUSSI feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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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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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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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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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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I didn’t become a Tory just to become part of a managerial group who wanted to run the country…
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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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When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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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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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.
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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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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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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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The free market is fundamentally humane and democratic, driven by ideas and millions of individual choices about what to do with our money which defy those who benefit from the status quo.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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