It is right that people and businesses retain as much of their own money as possible so that they have the freedom to innovate and invest in the future.
LIZ TRUSSFrom 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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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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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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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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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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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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We had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to ‘boring’ meetings.
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And certainly having gone to Oxford, and seen some of the other students there, I wouldn’t say the ones at my school were less capable. They could’ve been there.
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In order to retain our position as the dynamic duo of the world, it’s vital that in the UK and US we keep opportunities open for new people and new ideas. And we can never allow our economies to get furred up.
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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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We have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.
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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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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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Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.
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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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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 other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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The biggest opportunities from Brexit will come from more trade with the rest of the world.
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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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I want to challenge those who aim to block change, stop development and restrict success. I want to challenge the caution that strangles risk-takers and go-getters.
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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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Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and to deepen our links with our partners right across the world.
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Coronavirus may well represent the biggest health crisis any of us experience in our lifetimes.
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