I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
LIZ TRUSSWhen I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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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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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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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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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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If we just had an election which is a kind of desiccated calculation, obviously I think the Conservatives have the best economic plans, but it is about more than that. It is about the overall person.
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I don’t like tokenism. I don’t like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.
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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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Our future lies in being a high skilled, high innovation, free enterprise nation.
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The biggest opportunities from Brexit will come from more trade with the rest of the world.
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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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Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.
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If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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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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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 other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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