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It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.

~Francis Maude

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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.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Challenging Change Compromising Excited Feel Fought His Leader Leadership Party Quite View Who Without I Feel

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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

Topics: Command Difficult Does Leader Members Most Parliamentary Party Shared Simply Support Think Very View I Think

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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.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Age Average Children Grandchildren Members Much Need Obviously Our Something Understand Very Want Win

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If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Begin People Right Think Trust Try Us Will

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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.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Answer Country Get Other Parties People Right Work

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

~Francis Maude

Topics: Britain Like Modern Think Touch Understand

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

~Francis Maude

Topics: Always Been Best Modern Party

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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.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Categories Century Come Different Five Groups Half Just Market Members Mosaic Narrow Our Paper Party People Research Said Socio-Economic Those Too Use Very Which 21St Century

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

~Francis Maude

Topics: Grassroots Members Most Nice Our Part People Serious Tolerant

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: July 4th, 1953

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