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.
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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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 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 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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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 want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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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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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
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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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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 want a fully comprehensive trade deal that reflects our deep, ongoing relationship, the friendship between our two countries.
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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.
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