Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don’t know if you’ve tasted crisps in other countries.
LIZ TRUSSWhen I travel around the country, I see great companies with new ideas and a can-do attitude. But too often they are in hand-to-hand and pen-to-paper combat with officialdom.
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Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.
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I’m saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.
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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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One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.
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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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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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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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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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People won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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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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I’m a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.
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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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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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I didn’t become a Tory just to become part of a managerial group who wanted to run the country…
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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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