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.
LIZ TRUSSLabour 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 think we’ve got caught up in the weeds of Brexit, and… the approach has been to try and compromise and split the difference. And that to me is not what Brexit is about.
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I feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.
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When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
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In London the average person is paying 50 per cent of their income on rent. Just think how much better off people would feel if that number was a lot lower.
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Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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It’s vital to our economic mission that we fight vested interests, and make sure our country’s opportunities are open to everyone – big or small, north or south, man or woman.
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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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I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.
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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 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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People want to start businesses because it’s a way of fulfilling their ambitions and dreams.
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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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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 have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
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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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