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.
LIZ TRUSSI 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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We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.
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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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From 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.
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Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.
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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
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From 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.
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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don’t know if you’ve tasted crisps in other countries.
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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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In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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When we’ve looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it’s just been impossible. You just cannot get one.
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When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US – the world wants what Britain has to sell.
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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.
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