If John McDonnell nationalised whole industries, they would be quickly taken over by bureaucrats more concerned about their careers than about customers.
LIZ TRUSSI was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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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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People won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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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 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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I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.
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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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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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I don’t like tokenism. I don’t like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.
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We’ve been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs.
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Schools 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.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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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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Taking control of our laws border and money, run not by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Brussels but by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Britain. That ladies and gentlemen is a dream worth fighting for.
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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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It’s absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.
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