Francis Maude

Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed. ↗

— Francis Maude

#days #god-given #god-given right #great #known

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

— Francis Maude

#crime #cutting #failing #our #party

Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent. ↗

— Francis Maude

#less #our #overall #per #right

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

#compete #disillusioned #effectively #enough #gain

The party at its best has always been a modern party. ↗

— Francis Maude

#been #best #modern #party

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

— Francis Maude

#labour #problem

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

— Francis Maude

#like #modern #think #touch #understand

We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't. ↗

— Francis Maude

#know #need #reflect #show #today

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. ↗

— Francis Maude

#britons #come #hadn #here #home

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

#britain #contemporary #home #just #like