Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed. Francis Maude Read Quote
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. Francis Maude Read Quote
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. Francis Maude Read Quote
We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today’s Britain. Today we don’t. Francis Maude Read Quote
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 Lib Dems for those loose votes. Francis Maude Read Quote
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 leader that does not command the support of the parliamentary party. Francis Maude Read Quote
