British - Politician | March 11, 1932 -
Raising the personal allowance is massively expensive. For the same amount of money, you could look at reducing the rate of tax.
Nigel Lawson
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I am in favour of a fully transferable allowance.
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As the resignation letter which I wrote to the Prime Minister clearly implies, it was not the outcome I sought, but it is one that I accept without rancour, despite what might be described as the hard landing involved.
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I have long argued that in the modern world, corporation tax has had its day as a major source of tax revenue.
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She felt Britain should not be so dependent on coal. She was in favour of building up nuclear energy to break the dependence on coal, and the main opposition to nuclear came from the environment movement. Mrs. Thatcher thought she could trap them with the carbon emissions argument.
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We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.
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To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.
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The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion.
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There is always, of course, a limit in a democracy as to what is politically possible, so you have to respect that limit. But in my experience, governments tend to be too timid.
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The successful conduct of economic policy is possible only if there is - and is seen to be - full agreement between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Britain's destiny lies in Europe.
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If our system of cabinet government is to work effectively, the prime minister of the day must appoint ministers he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out that policy.
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