Francis Maude
Francis Maude
Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham, PCis a British Conservative politician, who served over 25 years on the front bench in the House of Commons, including posts as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster-General, as well as Member of Parliament representing Horsham in Sussex, and then as Baron Maude of Horsham as Minister of State for Trade and Investment until April 2016...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 July 1953
home natural people
We should be the natural home for people in our cities. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded as if we're just a countryside party.
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Well we've seen the amount of money that people save in this country falling, and dramatically, by as much as a quarter already.
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What people want from Mr Blair is not more polished rhetoric about the future but practical solutions to the problems of the present.
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We should be the natural home for younger voters. But today we're not. Because too often we sound like people who just don't like contemporary Britain.
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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.
change people
If we want to change what people think of us, then we have got to change.
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But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.
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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 of our members come from just five of those groups and that is very narrow - too narrow.
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If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.
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I grew up in this party, I'm proud of it, and I love it. I just hate the fact that we don't win; that we can't serve our country in Government.
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We have serious work to do. There is a lot of change to do.
respect treating
There has not been any of that so far, ... All the contenders have been treating each other with respect and courtesy.
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We've been seen for a long time as a party which hasn't been very open to gay people. That's wrong.
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They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain.