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
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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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The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain.
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Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime.
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If we want to change what people think of us, then we have got to change.
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For the most part our grassroots members are serious, nice, tolerant people.