If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
LIZ TRUSSIf I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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 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 TRUSSElection campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
LIZ TRUSSI 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 TRUSSIn 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.
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 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 TRUSSSchools receive 12% more per student for those doing media studies or psychology than they do for those doing maths. You could change that around, made a premium on doing maths.
LIZ TRUSSWhen I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
LIZ TRUSSBrexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.
LIZ TRUSSI was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.
LIZ TRUSSIn order to retain our position as the dynamic duo of the world, it’s vital that in the UK and US we keep opportunities open for new people and new ideas. And we can never allow our economies to get furred up.
LIZ TRUSSWe had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to ‘boring’ meetings.
LIZ TRUSSWhen men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
LIZ TRUSSI campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
LIZ TRUSS