I didn’t become a Tory just to become part of a managerial group who wanted to run the country…
LIZ TRUSSAs Trade Secretary I see the world is waiting. The Australians, the Americans, the Kiwis, the Japanese.
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Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.
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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 am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.
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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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Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would leave us all paying higher taxes and the economy in tatters.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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A UK-Australia trade deal won’t just be a good thing, it’ll be a great thing, for our businesses, for our consumers, for our workers and for our two great countries.
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I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.
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Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.
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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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If John McDonnell nationalised whole industries, they would be quickly taken over by bureaucrats more concerned about their careers than about customers.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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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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We don’t know what’s around the corner – and we must do everything to ensure we get our country’s debts down, building our resilience so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
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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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I agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and the size of the state in check, to allow people to spend more of their own money.
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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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The British brand is so popular particularly in the US that they put the union jack flag on top of beer bottles because it sells.
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All of us in Parliament now have a responsibility to get on with the process of leaving the EU and securing a more prosperous future for Britain as an open, global, trading nation.
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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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Economics and finance is the final frontier for women; it’s the last thing they will conquer because controlling finance is at the heart of everything in government.
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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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Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.
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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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I 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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