Esther McVey Quotes

Esther McVey

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 24, 1967

One of my best friends was the first U.K. female fighter pilot.

Esther McVey

People who have been successful in business have a huge amount to offer young people who are just starting out.

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Our young people are some of the best and most talented in the world - they are driven, entrepreneurial, and innovative - and with the help of people who have already made it in the world of work, they can go on to be the bosses and employers of the future.

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The people I believed in were people like William Lever, the great philanthropic industrialist - self-made men who realised anyone could achieve.

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My dad started off in scrap metal, real men doing men's jobs.

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Life is about hard work and getting on with things.

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Life is not a theoretical problem to be solved in class.

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When I became minister for employment, that was my ideal job because it meant I was able to reflect on what I saw growing up and actually try to change it.

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There is a whole host of people that have got an accent like mine, whether they're from Merseyside or Wales or the North West.

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Has my accent held me back? I don't believe it has at all. I think it can be a colourful accent.

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What I like to see is people like Beyonce. Here is a woman who is bling-a-ding. Not only does she look like that and act like that - I've seen her perform, and I was blown away - but she is at the top of her profession.

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What you've seen from the 1980s, particularly in this country, is far fewer people doing Saturday jobs and doing jobs after school.

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I want to give the message that anyone can succeed given the opportunity.

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I guess, as a young girl growing up in Liverpool in the '80s, when unemployment was high, my ideal job would have been to have been Minister for Employment to see, can you solve these problems? Can you get people into work?

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That's what you've got to be to be an MP: a problem solver. How can I help you? How can I engage? What do you need?

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I come from a background where people have had their own business, where it has been incredibly tough for a long period of time, and you are only as good as the last contract you have got, as the last job you have done, where the notion of a precarious existence does exist, as it does for a lot of people.

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We never have been closed to immigration.

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If people are coming into the country to add an extra dimension, to bring skills and expertise with them, we have always been open to that.

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First and foremost, we have to ensure that we have to get our own kids ready for work so that employers want to take them on.

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When I was growing up, my parents put money into food, utility bills, and the mortgage.

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