Liz Truss Quotes

Liz Truss

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 26, 1975

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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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.

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I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.

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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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We have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.

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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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All of my parents' friends worked in public sector jobs. The teachers at my school were quite often card-carrying members of the Labour Party and it just was not part of the culture to approve of what the government was doing.

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I 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.

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I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.

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I'm proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May's Brexit plans.

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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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What you notice in French nurseries is just how calm they are. All of their classes are structured and led by teachers. It's a requirement.

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Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is. I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There's no sense of purpose.

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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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I feel I'm fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it's expensive. 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. We had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to 'boring' meetings.

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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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It's a merger of home life and work life. They aren't that separate, I must confess, and my daughters know an awful lot about childcare reform now because of it.

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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.

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Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and to deepen our links with our partners right across the world.

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