Francis Maude Quotes

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• We should be the natural home for young mothers. But we're not. Because too often we sound like people who think the only good mother…
• So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the…
• The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.
• Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed.
• I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to…
• If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.
• The party at its best has always been a modern party.
• It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very difficult to have a…
• We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't.
• Everyone now claims to be a moderniser and it's obvious, really. I mean, no one now says 'We need to go backwards... to the days…
• David Cameron's message of change, optimism and hope is in tune with what Britain wants today
• It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.
• Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have children and grandchildren, they understand what we need…
• We said in our 21st Century Party paper there are 61 mosaic groups, which the market research people use as different socio-economic categories and half…
• For the most part our grassroots members are serious, nice, tolerant people.
• Our party believes in diversity, not uniformity.
• If we want to change what people think of us, then we have got to change.
• But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.
• Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime.
• Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent.

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