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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 Truss

When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
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Got Graduate Job Left People Person Scheme University
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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Approve Card Carry Culture Government Labour Member Often Part Party Teacher
I don’t like tokenism. I don’t like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.
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Appear Conference Idea Interview Like Medi Press Should Somebody Tokenism
And I observe that for the vast majority of the Labour government we had a top rate of 40 per cent income tax. It’s now higher, and I think we should look to get to a simpler, lower tax system.
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Government Higher Income Labour Lover Majority Observe Percent Simpler System Tax Think Vast
One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.
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Commercial Contract Economic Liquid Nature Negotiation One Project Role Ship
Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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Choice Expect Go Nowhere Thing Time Turn Wrong
Choice is a national instinct. This capitalist bedrock of our prosperity and security is threatened by a Labour Party that wants to overthrow the whole system.
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Capitalist Choice Instinct Labour National Over Part Prosperity Security Threatened Want
As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
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Aim Chief Disrupter Secretary Treasury
We don’t know what’s around the corner – and we must do everything to ensure we get our country’s debts down, building our resilience so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
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Around Build Corner Debt Do Everything Ensure Get Country Know Must Resilient
I am delighted to be at the heart of this team of radical reformers in Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nick Boles and many others. It’s a team I believe will deliver the change Britain needs.
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Country Delight Heart Other People Person Radical Reformer Term
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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Absolute After All Go Great Leader Position Power Right Scrutiness
If we just had an election which is a kind of desiccated calculation, obviously I think the Conservatives have the best economic plans, but it is about more than that. It is about the overall person.
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Calculation Disiccate Election Had Just Kind Obviously
Let’s cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax reform, simplifying our tax system.
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Broader Cut Enable More Rate Reform Simplifying Stamp System Ytax
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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Age Anyone Believe Go Met never Own People See Tory University
Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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Always Campaign Color Election Excitement Interest
They all want us to get Brexit done so that we can begin negotiations and forge new relationships that will open up new markets for British businesses, create jobs and attract new investment.
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All Attract Create Investment Job Market Negotiate New Relationship Want

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