When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
LIZ TRUSSI 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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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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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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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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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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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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Choice is a national instinct. This capitalist bedrock of our prosperity and security is threatened by a Labour Party that wants to overthrow the whole system.
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I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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As Trade Secretary I see the world is waiting. The Australians, the Americans, the Kiwis, the Japanese.
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When I travel around the country, I see great companies with new ideas and a can-do attitude. But too often they are in hand-to-hand and pen-to-paper combat with officialdom.
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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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Kitchen-table start-ups and local entrepreneurs will find they have major new opportunities opened to them, as they gain easier and quicker access for their goods and services into one of the world’s largest markets.
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The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
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Women are not going to start businesses because we tell them we don’t have enough people of a certain group.
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In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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I’m a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.
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