No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
LIZ TRUSSNo one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
LIZ TRUSSThe teachers at my school were quite often card-carrying members of the Labour Party and it just was not part of the culture to approve of what the government was doing.
LIZ TRUSSI 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.
LIZ TRUSSFrom better access to American markets for our beef and lamb farmers, to cutting tariffs on dairy products like cheese, which are up to 17 per cent, there are significant opportunities for UK farming.
LIZ TRUSSIt means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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.
LIZ TRUSSI 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.
LIZ TRUSSWhat I saw when I went to France was that really good quality education and childcare is seen there as a completely normal part of everyday life.
LIZ TRUSSI believe one of the main roles of Government is to keep our economy free and fair.
LIZ TRUSSI am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.
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.
LIZ TRUSSBrexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.
LIZ TRUSSAnd 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.
LIZ TRUSSI feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
LIZ TRUSSI want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.
LIZ TRUSSI 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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