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LIZ TRUSSJeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.
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We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.
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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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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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People want to start businesses because it’s a way of fulfilling their ambitions and dreams.
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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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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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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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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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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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We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.
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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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Our future lies in being a high skilled, high innovation, free enterprise nation.
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I’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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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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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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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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We want a fully comprehensive trade deal that reflects our deep, ongoing relationship, the friendship between our two countries.
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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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I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.
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And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.
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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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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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From better access to American markets for our beef and lamb farmers, to cutting tariffs on dairy products like cheese, which are up to 17 per cent, there are significant opportunities for UK farming.
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Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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