39 Quotes by Francis Maude

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 change.

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 to do, they want to win.

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

For the most part our grassroots members are serious, nice, tolerant people.

If we want to change what people think of us, then we have got to change.

Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime.

The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.

They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain.

We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded like people who wish they hadn't come here at all.