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
country fact grew hate love proud serve
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.
blair future mr people polished practical problems rhetoric solutions
What people want from Mr Blair is not more polished rhetoric about the future but practical solutions to the problems of the present.
respect treating
There has not been any of that so far, ... All the contenders have been treating each other with respect and courtesy.
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.
optimism today messages
David Cameron's message of change, optimism and hope is in tune with what Britain wants today
mother home thinking
We should be the natural home for young mothers. But we're not. Because too often we sound like people who think the only good mother is a married mother.
support competition gains
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.
problem reincarnation labour
The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.
party great-day succeed
Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed.
leadership party views
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.
trust thinking people
If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.
party modern idolatry
The party at its best has always been a modern party.
party thinking views
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.
mean needs lord
Everyone now claims to be a moderniser and it's obvious, really. I mean, no one now says 'We need to go backwards... to the days of Lord Salisbury'.