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.
LIZ TRUSSI 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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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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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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We are fighting a Labour Party whose avowed enemy is capitalist bosses, whose instinct is to see income as a common pool resource, and whose leading figures find profit morally repugnant.
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We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.
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Taking control of our laws border and money, run not by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Brussels but by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Britain. That ladies and gentlemen is a dream worth fighting for.
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I want to see popular free-market Conservatism where barriers are broken down, people have got more opportunities but keep more of their own money.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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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 love Britain. It really worries me, the prospect of Ed Miliband propped up by Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP and what that could do to our country. It’s absolutely right that we highlight to voters that potential risk.
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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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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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Let’s cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax reform, simplifying our tax system.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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Coronavirus may well represent the biggest health crisis any of us experience in our lifetimes.
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I’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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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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Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don’t know if you’ve tasted crisps in other countries.
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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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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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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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Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
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I admire Peter Mandleson’s chutzpah and the way he transformed the Labour party but not his dubious ideas about Europe and industrial policy.
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I’m a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.
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If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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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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