It’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.
LIZ TRUSSIt’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.
LIZ TRUSSI am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.
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 admire Peter Mandleson’s chutzpah and the way he transformed the Labour party but not his dubious ideas about Europe and industrial policy.
LIZ TRUSSIt means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
LIZ TRUSSBritain is the ideas factory of the world and has huge potential to benefit from the next technological revolution.
LIZ TRUSSI have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
LIZ TRUSSWe have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.
LIZ TRUSSBritain is the home of economic freedom, with liberty guaranteed by the independence of our state institutions, and an absence of corruption assured by transparency.
LIZ TRUSSI feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.
LIZ TRUSSI’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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 TRUSSAll of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
LIZ TRUSSIn other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
LIZ TRUSSOur future lies in being a high skilled, high innovation, free enterprise nation.
LIZ TRUSSWe want a fully comprehensive trade deal that reflects our deep, ongoing relationship, the friendship between our two countries.
LIZ TRUSS