I admire Peter Mandleson’s chutzpah and the way he transformed the Labour party but not his dubious ideas about Europe and industrial policy.
LIZ TRUSSI’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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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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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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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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I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
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But I really think British crisps are world leaders. I went to China and they told me there is only one type of potato available there.
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Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.
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If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is.
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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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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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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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Economics and finance is the final frontier for women; it’s the last thing they will conquer because controlling finance is at the heart of everything in government.
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Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.
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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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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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