Top 70 Andrea Leadsom Quotes

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.

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.

Economic success is the vital underpinning of every happy nation.

I urge the Government to look carefully at scrapping the entire burden of regulation on micro-businesses with, say, three employees or fewer.

Transparency will be at the heart of everything I do – it’s what parliament expects, and it’s what the public deserves.

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.

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

Prosperity should be our goal, not austerity.

This is, after all, the country that gave the world the rule of law, parliamentary democracy, the right to own property, the English language, and the free market… we are a remarkable people, and we have so much more to give.

My real passion is social justice, resolving the lack of empowerment, the lack of skills, the fact that young people can’t get on the housing ladder, they feel they can’t have a decent job, they feel they aren’t in control of their lives.

Twenty-seven member states cannot even organise a takeaway curry, let alone what they are going to do on free trade deals with the rest of the world.

By cutting the red tape that comes out of Brussels, we will free our farmers to grow more, sell more, and export more great British food whilst upholding our high standards for plant and animal health and welfare.

The reason I say ‘never say never’ is because I do not think that there should be another independence referendum in Scotland – I do not think it’s in their interest – but on the other hand, I am a big believer in devolution.

I think, as ever, with a big change like Brexit, it’s awakened people’s interest in politics.

Neither we nor our European friends need prolonged uncertainty, and not everything needs to be negotiated before Article 50 is triggered and the exit process is concluded.

My kids are a huge part of my life.

I see myself as, one, an optimist, and two, a member of a huge family, and that’s important to me.

There are so many double standards that seem to be applied only to female MPs. I’ve had infinite comments about what I’m wearing when the focus should be on what I’m saying.

We must give young people and others who cannot find a job a direct and clear incentive to create one for themselves by starting a business.

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.

The U.K. will leave the European Union, freedom of movement will end, and the British parliament will decide how many people come to live here.

What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a question I’m often asked as a politician. It tends to be closely followed by a dozen other questions about what I’ll do in ‘x’ scenario or whether I’ll resign if ‘y’ happens.

Women have a huge amount to offer. We’re not all one homogenous bunch. We’ve all got different strengths and weaknesses.

Along with ‘normal’ people in this country, I’m sick and tired of political correctness.

I believed in a number of the E.U.’s core values – the promotion of peace, global trading opportunities, and the values of freedom and democracy. These are areas in which our great country leads the world.

However we choose to leave the E.U., let me be clear: we remain committed to dealing with climate change.

The government takes the opposition day debates incredibly seriously.

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

If you’re left to scream and scream day after day, your levels of cortisol remain high, and you develop a slight immunity to your own stress, so what you find is babies who have been neglected tend to become risk-takers.

Over the centuries, the country has looked on as Parliament has faced historic decisions. Even in the most challenging of times, we have pulled together and put our duty above all else.

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.

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.

Like so many other people in the U.K., I took the chance offered to us in a single question: Should we leave the European Union or remain within it? Following a great deal of thought and thorough analysis, the answer I arrived at was, ‘Yes, we should leave the E.U.’

Marriage in the biblical sense is very clearly – from the many, many Christians who wrote to me on this subject, in their opinion – can only be between a man and a woman.

The wellbeing we all crave goes hand in hand with economic success.

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

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.

At the end of the day, family will always come first.

Like so many of my generation and those younger, I have spent most of my life in the E.U., and my instincts were naturally for reform from within.

I don’t think the U.K. should leave the E.U. I think it would be a disaster for our economy, and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving.

I am a passionate, pragmatic, and positive believer in Brexit, and with my three-step plan, we can decisively leave the E.U.

I’m passionate about parliament democracy.

I want to be crystal clear that everyone has an equal stake in our society and in the future of our country. That is what I believe, and it is what I have always believed.

What I think we should be doing is refocusing all the prevention budgets, all the money spent on teen gangs and young offenders, on conception to age two at a rate of 2% a year.

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

When women speak out and say there is a problem, the answer is not, ‘No there isn’t.’

We can demonstrate to the world that the U.K. remains a beacon for opportunity, fairness, and democratic leadership.

What I think we have to be doing is promote the strength of the U.K. working together far stronger, far more than we have done, and I have a number of policy areas that I would use to try and make that happen.

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.

I have deep sympathy with the hundreds of my constituents who fear that legislation for same-sex marriage will profoundly encroach – although this may be unintended – on their right to live according to their faith.

I just don’t accept the premise that we have any economic issue with voting to leave. I think it’s absolutely balanced.

I am a big fan of seeing more women in public life.

We had the biggest democratic exercise, and the majority voted to leave the E.U. It is our duty to make sure we do that.

The reality of government is we are all very busy day-to-day, and often, the discussions about very deeply held views on things – there isn’t the time and space to do that.

Individual bankers are rightly being investigated by the police. I and all colleagues in the chamber hope that if criminality is proven, they will go to jail and bear the same brunt of punishment as any other criminal.

With every ounce of my heart, my brain, and my experience, I absolutely believe that the bright future for all of our children and grandchildren is when we vote Leave.

Ed Timpson is a fantastic minister for early intervention, and Liz Truss is a fantastic minister for Sure Start.

My first task is to show how great we are as a nation – let’s banish the pessimists.

Being a mum means you have a very real stake in the future of our country.

I truly believe we can be the greatest nation on Earth.

I think people will always do have an interest in policy areas, but Brexit is certainly got people talking and thinking and, so, probably more engaged than they would otherwise be.

Banks were already seen as greedy and arrogant. They have now reached the depths of humiliation in the wake of the LIBOR manipulation, PPI mis-selling, and bank swaps mis-selling.