Andrea Leadsom Quotes

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Andrea Leadsom

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 13, 1963

We in the so called 'Western civilisations' have so much to learn from other cultures, and they would stand to gain so much by learning from ours. We don't have all the answers - far from it... but nor do any other culture or religion.

Andrea Leadsom

If I was prime minister, there would be absolutely zero risk that Brexit wouldn't happen.

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I've set up businesses. I've set up charities. I have actually done the work myself.

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The period from conception to two is about the development of a baby's emotional capacities. Mum saying, 'Oh, darling, I love you,' and singing baby songs and pulling faces literally stimulates the synapses in the brain.

Andrea Leadsom

Too few people in my old field of financial services were ever brought to book for their part in the 2008 crash.

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I know what we need to get done to leave the E.U. in a smooth fashion - and I also know that we do not need is a lengthy extension.

Andrea Leadsom

I don't work with UKIP. They don't advise me.

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As an employer, we're not - let's face it: most of us don't employ men as nannies. Most of us don't. Now you can call that sexist; I call that cautious and very sensible when you look at the stats. Your odds are stacked against you if you employ a man.

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My CV, as I've presented it, is exactly accurate.

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Genuinely, as a mum, all the sunlit uplands are when we leave the European Union.

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I would like to pilot a government-led scheme, alongside Help to Buy, to offer a loan to young people on a reasonable income to be able to pay the deposit on a new home and then swap their high rents for a mortgage and actually have a place of their own.

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I'd never write off a whole sex.

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The E.U. without Britain is like fish without chips.

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I envisage there being absolutely no regulation whatsoever - no minimum wage, no maternity or paternity rights, no unfair dismissal rights, no pension rights - for the smallest companies that are trying to get off the ground, in order to give them a chance.

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Decarbonising our energy system is not some abstract regulatory requirement. It is an essential responsibility that we hold towards our children and grandchildren as the only way to effectively counter the threat of climate change.

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I have a passion for support for new families, which Boris Johnson shares.

Andrea Leadsom

For many parents - myself included - I would be extremely happy for my children to grow up finding that their LGBT classmates are exactly the same as them.

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Having children has no bearing on the ability to be PM. I deeply regret that anyone has got the impression that I think otherwise.

Andrea Leadsom

The E.U. referendum didn't cause divisions, but it certainly did reveal them. Many people are shocked at the result, but they really shouldn't be. What I would like to say to them is, please, don't be afraid.

Andrea Leadsom

Theresa May... is ideally placed to implement Brexit on the best possible terms for the British people, and she has promised she will do so.

Andrea Leadsom