If John McDonnell nationalised whole industries, they would be quickly taken over by bureaucrats more concerned about their careers than about customers.
LIZ TRUSSOur aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.
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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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Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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It’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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We need to give people another option from 16-18. Not everyone is going to want to become a rocket scientist but that doesn’t mean that maths isn’t extremely useful.
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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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Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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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 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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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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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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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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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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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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But I really think British crisps are world leaders. I went to China and they told me there is only one type of potato available there.
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