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Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson
British Politician
Born: Mar 11, 1932
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To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern. Nigel Lawson
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The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion. Nigel Lawson
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It would be wholly wrong constitutionally for the unelected House of Lords to do anything, to kill anything of a financial nature that has been through the House of Commons not once but twice. Nigel Lawson
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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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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. Nigel Lawson
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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. Nigel Lawson
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I am in favour of a fully transferable allowance. Nigel Lawson
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We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it. Nigel Lawson
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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. Nigel Lawson
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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. Nigel Lawson
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No one, however long they have held the post, lightly gives up the great office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Certainly I did not. Nigel Lawson
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When differences of view emerge, as they are bound to do from time to time, they should be resolved privately and whenever appropriately, collectively. Nigel Lawson
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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. Nigel Lawson
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A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household. Nigel Lawson
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We should be forced to give so many exemptions and concessions (inevitably to the benefit of high spending authorities in Inner London) that the flat-rate poll tax would rapidly become a surrogate income tax. Nigel Lawson
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God forbid that the United Kingdom should take a lead and introduce a sensible tax system of its own which would probably comprise a very low level of corporation tax - tax on corporate profits - and perhaps a low level of corporate sales tax, because sales are where they are, and sales in this country are sales here, which we can tax here. Nigel Lawson
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I have to say to the Government that you are not even getting nowhere fast - you are getting nowhere slowly. Nigel Lawson
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In terms of the arguments, I think the pro-Leave campaign is winning them all. Nigel Lawson
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Most of the countries in the world are outside the E.U., and they are doing very nicely, thank you. Nigel Lawson
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Prime Minister Cameron says he wants to be the greenest government ever, but the definition of green is immature... I don't deny for a moment that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, but there are so many other factors that affect climate. It is more complicated than the computer models that we are using. What the truth is, nobody knows. Nigel Lawson
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I'm sure Mark Carney is a very clever young man, but I think that the government would be mad to move from inflation targeting to money GDP targeting. Nigel Lawson
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The heart of the matter is that the very nature of the European Union, and of this country's relationship with it, has fundamentally changed after the coming into being of the European monetary union and the creation of the eurozone, of which - quite rightly - we are not a part. Nigel Lawson
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You do not need to be within the single market to be able to export to the European Union, as we see from the wide range of goods on our shelves every day. Nigel Lawson
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I am delighted to accept the chairmanship of Vote Leave, to help ensure that the organisation is fully prepared for the start of the referendum campaign. Nigel Lawson
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The right kind of immigrants can benefit the British economy enormously, but no country can accept indiscriminate, unlimited immigration. Nigel Lawson
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I remember when we ignored Europe and we were totally committed to the Commonwealth and the former Empire, and thought imperial preference was the only thing which enabled us to survive, that was a mistake, and it's a similar mistake to feel Britain can't be a hugely successfully country - economically and in any other way - outside the E.U. Nigel Lawson
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