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.
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.
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Britain and the US remain the Wild West for ideas, where pioneers push each other towards ever greater heights in the white heat of free enterprise.
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Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.
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What 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.
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The fact that Australians want to come and live and work in Britain, and Brits want to come and live and work in Australia.
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I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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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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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.
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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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We need to give people another option from 16-18. Not everyone is going to want to become a rocket scientist but that doesn’t mean that maths isn’t extremely useful.
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I have to admit I don’t like pizza. I love it. And I am prepared to do literally anything to get my hands on a slice.
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I love Britain. It really worries me, the prospect of Ed Miliband propped up by Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP and what that could do to our country. It’s absolutely right that we highlight to voters that potential risk.
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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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I was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.
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Coronavirus may well represent the biggest health crisis any of us experience in our lifetimes.
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