If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
LIZ TRUSSI was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
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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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People won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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We have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.
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I am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.
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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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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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Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.
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I agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and the size of the state in check, to allow people to spend more of their own money.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and to deepen our links with our partners right across the world.
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I’m saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.
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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 was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.
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I want to see popular free-market Conservatism where barriers are broken down, people have got more opportunities but keep more of their own money.
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