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Andrea Leadsom, 2006: "It occurs to me that the reason I haven't blogged much (actually not at all) since my selection for S Northamptonshire, is that I am so aware that everything I say and do is likely to be taken and used against me at a future time..."
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Andrea Leadsom, 2006 (on speech by CEO of Google): "He was basically saying that the ability of anyone - be it a government, company or private individual - to withhold information has gone. It's all out there, and available for anyone with the internet and a search engine."
And you know what, she's absolutely right! It would seem almost churlish to disappoint her, especially since she carefully deleted the blog she'd posted those on. You can access the whole of her now-deleted blog, covering 2006-2016, at the link below...
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Andrea Leadsom, 2006: " I don't want my daughter to be taught by a woman with a veil covering her face. What's wrong with wanting to communicate face to face?" 🤔
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Andrea Leadsom, 2007: "For the sake of Britain's future, I wish Brown well. I also hope he calls an early General Election because there are enormous problems in Britain, and I think it is only David Cameron's Conservatives that are going to address them."
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Andrea Leadsom, 2008: "The last couple of days' headlines are typical liberal media prejudice from journalists, who can't bear the 'awful truth' that marriage between two adults is the best way to raise children and defend our society."
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Andrea Leadsom, 2009: [railing against an adoption story in the newspaper] "And as if that weren't enough, the two strangers are a gay couple, who have been selected ahead of several heterosexual couples." Eek! Is that casual homophobia?
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Andrea Leadsom, 2011: "It is not as simple as just walking away [from the EU], there are benefits to our membership and advantages that we do not want to lose. The single market is critical to British trade." 🤔🤔🤔
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Andrea Leadsom, 2014: "It is not often that I find myself in agreement with an idea from the EU; however, I completely welcome the announcement the European Commission made recently regarding the possibility of ending all subsidies for wind farms."
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As you can imagine, she became much more guarded as she gained more senior positions. There's nothing really that leaps out amongst the rest of the 400+ blog entries that I noticed. But please do post below (with a link) if you spot anything interesting.
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B) I was stupid
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F) At least I never voted Labour
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