I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
LIZ TRUSSIn other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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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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From the coffee bars of Camden to the gin joints of Norfolk – across Britain, a revolution is brewing. And no, it’s not John McDonnell’s bitter socialist hooch. It’s a generation growing up with an entirely different view of the world – free thinking, optimistic and hungry for success.
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I believe one of the main roles of Government is to keep our economy free and fair.
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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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We are working hard at home and on the international stage to further identify the problems on the horizon and to ensure we reboot trade post-Covid-19.
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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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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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The fact that Australians want to come and live and work in Britain, and Brits want to come and live and work in Australia.
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Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
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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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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 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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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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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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And certainly having gone to Oxford, and seen some of the other students there, I wouldn’t say the ones at my school were less capable. They could’ve been there.
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