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.
LIZ TRUSSIt’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.
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Trade is critical to us all – it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.
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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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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’m a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.
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Britain is the ideas factory of the world and has huge potential to benefit from the next technological revolution.
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Every pound that comes into the Exchequer was earned by someone through hard work, and could have been used for a new car, a holiday or a treat for the children.
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The biggest opportunities from Brexit will come from more trade with the rest of the world.
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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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When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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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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I want people to buy British because it’s the tastiest food and the most exciting food.
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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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The free market is fundamentally humane and democratic, driven by ideas and millions of individual choices about what to do with our money which defy those who benefit from the status quo.
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With Anglo-American capitalism increasingly under attack, those who believe in the power of free markets and enterprise to create wealth and social progress must stand up and be counted and champion our way of life.
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